Cues & Clues for AQ: AQ FamilySearch Certified

Friday, August 28, 2015

Ancestral Quest for MAC!

Ancestral Quest, including programs derived from Ancestral Quest, have served millions of genealogists for over 20 years as they have recorded and organized their family tree records in Windows.

Ancestral Quest is now available for the MAC Users

To those who have been waiting patiently, it is now available for purchase at the reduced rate of $29.95 for a limited time and for those who have been using Ancestral Quest on a Windows emulator, you can purchase the Mac version at the upgrade price of $19.95 for a limited time. The Basic version is still free but does have a number of features that are not available in this version.

Ancestral Quest for Mac simply downloads and installs directly to the Mac, without the need for additional software. Those who have used Ancestral Quest for Windows computers using an emulator will find that AQ for Mac is the same program as AQ for Windows. To aid installation there is a short video here.

The system requirements are for OS X 10.7 or later. For additional information on this, click here.

Some of the features that come with Ancestral Quest 14 are:

Creating your Family Tree
Documenting your sources with CitePro™ Technology
Creating Scrapbooks
Creating Colorful charts
Color Coding
Search, Filter and Focus your data using FilterPro™ Technology
Collaboration with NetFam™ capability
For PAF users, true database compatibility

To see the full list, click here. To see the full Press Release, click here.

Ancestral Quest for Mac is available for a limited time for the same cost as the Windows version, $29.95. There is still the free versions for both Windows and Mac called Ancestral Quest Basics.

Take advantage of this new software release for Mac Users, click here to learn more and order today!

Remember Ancestral Quest is fully FamilySearch Certified!

Comments and questions are always welcome!

Happy Ancestraling...

Claire ;)

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Monday, June 9, 2014

AQ: Adjusting Those Columns under Name List

Some things get confusing once in awhile and adjusting those columns under the Name List can be a little difficult if you are not used to manipulating items within Ancestral Quest.

The first step is to click on "Name List" and note the column headings and "Adjust Columns and Sorting":

One needs to click that button to open up the dialog box where you can adjust those column headings by removing, adding and re-ordering. Once clicked this is what it looks like:

General is usually where one will find the most used and requested columns so clicking that brings up a long list of possible column titles:

Notice there are 4 windows. The top left window has the available fields or "Column Headers", the section in the middle has 'greater than arrow' to move items from the right column to the left column and there is a 'less than arrow' that removes fields you don't want any longer.

Notice on the right side of the "Show Fields" the up and down bottons:

The highlighted item is also displayed in the bottom right where you are told how it will be sorted. The arrows give you the opportunity to re-order the way they appear in your family file. Once done you click OK. If you are satisfied than you are all set, if not, go back and re-order as you wish.

After working on my own name list, I came up with these as the column titles: