Monday, August 29, 2016

Determining Relationship

by Gringer (talk)
Trolling through your family file one can easily stumble on an unfamiliar family surname as you work backwards. 

When doing family history research, the number of individuals in your family file doubles with each generation and so simply going back to your 6th great-grandparents will give you at least 256 individuals. This does not count the children of these ancestors and their families, so your family file quickly grows as you continue to research.

Locate the two people you want to find their relationship first. Write down their RIN numbers. Now in Ancestral Quest, to calculate the 'blood'relationship between two people go to Tools, scroll down and click on "Calculators" than "Relationship":




In the resulting box that opens up, click the "Search" box and enter the first number, for this blog we will use my mother who is RIN # 861:


Now, clicking on the second "Search Box" enter the 2nd RIN number and then click "Calculate":


This shows that Francois Coutu is the 4th great-grandfather to my mother. If there had been no blood relationship, the program informs you of this. To view this is a diagram, simply click on the button that says "Print to File". You will asked where you want to save the text file and then if you wish to view it. This is the results:



As you can see, it clearly shows how these individuals are related.

Enjoy this and many other features in Ancestral Quest!

Remember Ancestral Quest is fully FamilySearch Certified!


Comments and questions are always welcome!



Happy Ancestraling...Claire ;)


AQ Cues & Clues Blog:http://ancquest.blogspot.com/


(c) 1994-2016 Incline Software, All Rights Reserved
 gfindlay@ancquest.com






Monday, August 22, 2016

Notes, Sources, and Media Indicators


Ancestral Quest uses shapes to let you know there are notes, sources and media added to an individual.

Let's say you add a note and/or a source of an individual in the "Edit Individual" screen. You begin by clicking on the Notes/Sources button:


Clicking on the "Notes/Sources" button opens up that section where one can type in notes or add a source. It was blank and we've now added a note on the baptism of Amable Brisson along with adding the baptism information. This action causes the "Triangle" to show up at the end of his name in either the Pedigree view or the Family View.



This shows the user, at a glance, there is additional information on this person.

Next, we will add a document; the 1861 Canadian Census image as follows:


Now we'll add this to the Scrapbook area in the "Edit Individual" section. If the time period was later we may have had a picture we could add but a census record is fine.

This changes the triangle to now have a "white box" inside of it.


These small indicators help the individual know whether they have any notes, sources or media for an ancestor at a glance.

Enjoy these and other features of Ancestral Quest!

Remember Ancestral Quest is fully FamilySearch Certified!


Comments and questions are always welcome!



Happy Ancestraling...Claire ;)


AQ Cues & Clues Blog:http://ancquest.blogspot.com/


(c) 1994-2016 Incline Software, All Rights Reserved
 gfindlay@ancquest.com





Monday, August 15, 2016

Displaying FS PID

Before there were Family Search ID numbers there were RIN numbers for individuals in your database/family file. 

Depending on your own preferences, you may want to still use the RIN numbers next to your family members to help indentify them, you may want to use the Family Search ID numbers or you many not want any ID numbers after your ancestors' name, either way, Ancestral Quest can accomodate any of these choices.

This setting is under "Preferences" which is under "Tools". 



Once you are there, notice under "Append to Names" that there are five choices:

Nothing
RIN (Record ID Number)
ID
AFN
FamilySearch ID

Depending on which one you want, you'll simply put the dot in the one you choose. If choosing the new FamilySearch ID number, you'll choose the last choice and click 'OK'. The end result will be that your ancestors will look like this if they have been linked to FamilySearch Family Tree:



Sometimes the names are very long and they may get truncaited or go to initials, it also depends on your choice. This choice is also under Preferences but you'll need to click on the tab that says "Formats". When you are there, you can choose how names and places are clipped if needed because of their length is certain views.

This is also where you can determine how the dates show and how places show.



Your choices detemine how the file will be while you are working in it. You can change how these look in various reports as well. 

Enjoy the many features of Ancestral Quest!

Remember Ancestral Quest is fully FamilySearch Certified!


Comments and questions are always welcome!




Happy Ancestraling...Claire ;)


AQ Cues & Clues Blog:http://ancquest.blogspot.com/


(c) 1994-2016 Incline Software, All Rights Reserved
 gfindlay@ancquest.com




Monday, August 8, 2016

AQ and Apps


Regardless of what device you use the most, its likely that many have multiple devices and with that comes the need for interconnectivity.

Currently Ancestral Quest works on both a PC and a MAC operating systems with each having their own requirements. These requirements are found on our website here.

Additional devices can be handled through other 3rd party entities which are found listed on our website under "Add-Ons". 




For Apple devices we suggest FamViewer and GedView and for Android devices we suggest Family Bee and GedStar Pro.

Each of these programs will allow you to view your genealogical data on a specific device and the steps to do this are provided from each application's instructions.

They all work with a Gedcom file that is produced by your software. By reading each application's website and information one can upload the Gedcom to the digital device.

The advantages are that you always have your genealogical files with you to show and share with other family members.

Enjoy this and other 'Add Ons' for Ancestral Quest!

Remember Ancestral Quest is fully FamilySearch Certified!


Comments and questions are always welcome!




Happy Ancestraling...Claire ;)


AQ Cues & Clues Blog:http://ancquest.blogspot.com/

(c) 1994-2016 Incline Software, All Rights Reserved
 gfindlay@ancquest.com



Monday, August 1, 2016

Individual View


The Individual View is a great way to make sure all the information you've entered about a person in your family is there. It also allows you to see how they fit into the family, view the notes and sources altogether providing a snapshot of that individual.

The first section in the Individual View show a picture if you've put one there and all of there basic information along with any additional items you may have placed in "Other Events". Here is a sample from my grandfather:




The next section shows him as a child: 


Then here he is with his spouse and children:



The next section covers the Notes you've entered:


The last section is for the sources:


When you put this altogether you have a nice summary of the individual. It also provides an opportunity to see if you need to add an additional sources or documentation to the family member to have a more complete picture. For instance, you could add stories or have a link to blog stories or add additional pictures. 

You can also print up the whole summary with the pictures and all you have on this individual. Click here to view the summary in PDF format.

Either viewing it on the tab marked "Individual" in Ancestral Quest or creating a document to share,it is a nice way to provide a summary of information on a person in your family file! You also could add this kind of summary in various other places where you may have shared your family file.

Enjoy this great feature in Ancestral Quest!

Remember Ancestral Quest is fully FamilySearch Certified!


Comments and questions are always welcome!




Happy Ancestraling...Claire ;)


AQ Cues & Clues Blog:http://ancquest.blogspot.com/

(c) 1994-2016 Incline Software, All Rights Reserved
 gfindlay@ancquest.com