| Ancestral Quest | |
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 Ancestral Quest Basics v14.00.8 in Windows 8 | |
| Original authors | Gaylon Findlay,[1] Ben Buckwalter |
| Developers | Incline Software, LC[1] |
| Initial release | 1994; 32 years ago (1994) |
| Stable release | |
| Operating system | Windows 2000 and later |
| Size | 19MB |
| Available in | 16 languages |
List of languages Chinese, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish[3] | |
| Type | Genealogy software |
| License | Proprietary software |
| Website | www |
Ancestral Quest (AQ) is agenealogy software application forMicrosoft Windows developed by Incline Software, LC. It features data entry with sourcing capabilities andscrapbook extensions; aprint engine for standard or custom charts and reports; aweb page creator; acollaboration engine; and anextension tool for other genealogydatabases.[citation needed]
Ancestral Quest was the first desktop genealogy software program to be certified to access, update, and synchronize with newer versions ofFamilySearch.[4]
Developed in English, Ancestral Quest allows for translation to other languages using language modules. These user-created files allow Ancestral Quest screens and reports to be translated or customized. A user can create his or her own language module, or leverage the module of someone else. The Danish, French, German, Norwegian, and Spanish language modules are completely translated. The Chinese, Finnish, and Swedish language modules currently have all basic screens and reports translated.[3]
In 1998, AQ was licensed for resale through Individual Software, and has been sold by them under the names of "Family Ties",[9] "Family Trees Quick & Easy",[10] "Heritage Family Tree Deluxe",[11] and "Family Tree Heritage".[12] In 1999, the AQ code was licensed to theLDS Church and became the base of theWindows versions ofPersonal Ancestral File. Millions of copies of PAF have been distributed.[13][14][15] In 2001, the AQ code was licensed toAncestry.com, and became the base of Ancestry Family Tree.[16] Nearly a million copies of AFT were distributed.[citation needed]
In 1998, Incline Software merged with The Hope Foundation. In 2001, this merger ended[17] and Incline Software again became the custodian of AQ.
Family Ties - Program is a licensed version of Ancestral Quest 3
Family Trees Quick & Easy licenses its software from Incline Software
Heritage Family Tree Deluxe - Ancestral Quest 2002 under license to Individual Software
"Family Tree Heritage", which is essentially Ancestral Quest 12.0 under a different name
PAF - Based on early Ancestral Quest 3 code.
Ancestry Family Tree - Modified version of Ancestral Quest 3