NOTE from DearMYRTLE: This morning during the last few minutes of Mondays with Myrt, our friend +Patricia Kuhn explained she has begun using Ancestral Quest for Mac. Rather than import a GEDCOM file, she chose to type in all direct-line ancestors for six generations. She reports basic data entry was straightforward and intuitive. She accepted Ol' Myrt's request to attach two or three documents, complete with transcriptions and source citations and report back next week. It's always good to see how our friends are using websites and software. Thank-you to for assisting us in this manner.
Below please find the official press release received late Thursday from Ancestral Quest producer Gaylon Findley. He reports a soft roll-out of the program at the recent BYU Family History Conference.
Ancestral Quest is Now Available for Mac
Salt Lake City, Utah (August 19, 2015) –
Incline Software, LC announced today that
Ancestral Quest™, its family tree software, is now available for Mac.
For over 20 years, Ancestral Quest has been a Windows program,
providing excellent, easy-to-use yet comprehensive tools
to millions of users worldwide, both professional and beginner.
During that time, it has been sold directly by Incline Software, and
licensed by
others, often under different titles, including Ancestry Family
Tree (AFT) by Ancestry.com and with more extensive adjustments
as Personal Ancestral File (PAF) by FamilySearch. This powerful
family tree record keeping
program is now available to users of Mac. Ancestral Quest for Mac
will run on OS X 10.7 and later.
Ancestral Quest for Mac simply downloads and installs directly to
the Mac, without the need for additional software. Those who have used
Ancestral Quest on Windows computers will find that AQ for Mac is
the same program as AQ for Windows.
Overview of Ancestral Quest for Mac
Ancestral Quest for Mac allows users to record their family tree,
including the names, dates and places of ancestors and descendants,
and provides for the recording of notes and sources for each
individual, as well as scrapbook collections for each person. AQ for Mac
also
allows users to print standard forms and charts such as Pedigree
charts, Family Group Records, Ancestry and Descendancy charts,
birthday and anniversary calendars, and scores of additional
charts, lists and reports to help them review and share their family
tree. AQ for Mac
can create a web-site that can be uploaded to the Internet, showing
whatever parts of a family tree users feel like sharing. It also
generates a customizable research timeline, to help put ancestors
in perspective of the times and events in which they
lived, and provides users with a research log and manager to keep
their genealogical research efforts organized.
Ancestral Quest provides an ability, unique for desktop family tree
software products, to have several users work as a team on a single
data file, from multiple computers anywhere in the world. This
feature is called "Collaboration." Whether the user has a Windows
computer or a Mac, team members will be able to work together with
AQ's Collaboration system.
Ancestral Quest for Mac meets the same certification requirements with FamilySearch Family Tree (
Family Tree) as its Windows counterpart. This means that
users can upload portions of their personal family tree to the
Family Tree, or download portions of the
Family Tree
into
their personal file. Users can also synchronize individuals,
families, and notes and sources for both individuals and families
between their personal file and
Family Tree. Additionally, like
its Windows counterpart, Ancestral Quest for Mac allows users to
search such online databases as those of Ancestry.com and
FamilySearch.org,
along with other sites that can be added into Ancestral Quest's
Internet search engine.
Ancestral Quest has won several awards over the years, including
the 2009 FamilySearch award for "Most Comprehensive Syncing", which is
indicative
of the way AQ is not only easy to learn and use, but of paying
attention to the important details required by genealogists. AQ was also
awarded the 2009 FamilySearch award for "Best Listing Tool", which
epitomizes the fact that AQ provides the most advanced tools for finding
individuals and defining groups of individuals for various
reporting and research tasks.
Benefits to PAF Users
Many PAF 5 users have moved, or are contemplating moving, from
Windows computers to Mac computers. Because the Windows versions of PAF
were derived
from AQ, these PAF users will feel right at home as they use
Ancestral Quest for Mac. Ancestral Quest for Mac can directly update a
PAF 5 file,
so current or former PAF 5 users can simply copy their PAF 5 file
from their Windows machine to their Mac, and AQ will be able to open and
work with their data, as is.
Summary
Incline Software™ developed
Ancestral Quest in 1994, and has been enhancing
it ever since.
In addition to English,
Ancestral Quest
is also available in German, French, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian,
Hungarian and Swedish, with other language modules being developed.
You can learn more about
Incline Software, Ancestral Quest, and
Ancestral Quest Basics,
by visiting
www.ancquest.com or calling
Incline Software at 1-800-825-8864.
Ancestral Quest for Mac is expected to sell for $34.95. But for a
limited time, it can be purchased at the same price as AQ for Windows,
which currently is $29.95.
Ancestral Quest Basics for Mac is a free version of Ancestral Quest,
with all of the essential features of a family tree program available
for free, but
with the more advanced features locked. The free version will only be
available for
a limited time, so those wishing to take advantage of obtaining a
full-featured, free genealogy program for Mac should act quickly.
Ancestral Quest for
Mac can be downloaded from
www.ancquest.com/mac.
DearREADERS,
