Author Archive: Dale
AQ Version 14.00.9
AQ Version 14.00.9 is now available. On 20 Mar 2013, Incline Software released version 14.00.9 of Ancestral Quest. This change does not involve a change to the Application Program Interface, however it does have corrections for some minor bugs in the last release. Version 14.00.9 is not yet (23 Mar 2013) installed at the Ogden …
AQ Will Do In AQ
You can put AQ Will Do into AQ You can configure Ancestral Quest to access the lessons here in AQ Will Do with a few simple mouse clicks. Here’s how. Click on the Internet tab of the Menu Bar, and select Favorite Sites…. This will present the My Favorite Web Sites screen. Click on the Add… button. This brings …
AQ Version 14.00.8
AQ Version 14.00.8 is now available. This change is, in part, because the church has instructed third party vendors that they can no longer combine individuals in the new.familysearch.org database. Since this is a change in the way Ancestral Quest can affect database records, it is highly advisable for you to download AQ version 14.00.8 …
New Policy
New Policy The Ogden FamilySearch Library has received instructions that we are to no longer sell software and books from software vendors. We will fulfill our commitment to those who were enrolled in classes at the time we received those instructions, on approximately 20 Feb 2013. After those classes have ended, the remaining software and …
Elucidation
Elucidation One of my first postings was called A bit of humor. Here is why I like that posting. We see the decimal numbering system daily. Our minds are trained from infancy to see things from the decimal perspective. That is why we immediately assign values to the digits we see. We even say the names …
Family Tree Preparation
Family Tree Preparation This is not a typical AQ Will Do posting. I am concerned about the things I am seeing when I look at the data that will be transferred from the new.FamilySearch.org database to the Family Tree. As I have looked through my own family records, I have seen many things with which …
Tools – Preferences – FamilySearch
How to – Preferences – FamilySearch Preferences… are reached through the Tools tab on the Menu bar. Clicking on Tools > Preferences… will present the Preferences screen. If it is not already showing, click on the FamilySearch tab. If you intend to sync your family information with the FamilySearch Family Tree database maintained by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, you must check the Enable FamilySearch …
DNA
DNA – The Gene in Genealogy Storing your genome Ancestral Quest provides for storing the results of your DNA testing. This is done on the More tab of the Edit Individual screen. To enter your DNA markers click on the DNA Markers… button. Hers and His DNA testing is gender specific. Females require mitochondrial testing. If …
Tools – Preferences – Prepared By
How to – Preferences – Prepared By Preferences… are reached through the Tools tab on the Menu bar. Clicking on Tools > Preferences… will present the Preferences screen. If it is not already showing, click on the Prepared by tab. The information from the Prepared by screen goes, optionally, into some reports and into the GEDCOMs you export. Consider where your reports and GEDCOMs may go before you …
Tools – Preferences – InfoBox
How to – Preferences – InfoBox Preferences… are reached through the Tools tab on the Menu bar. Clicking on Tools > Preferences… will present the Preferences screen. If it is not already showing, click on the InfoBox tab. This screen controls the presentation of the InfoBox. The InfoBox is similar to the information presented in the Family view for the highlighted person. The InfoBox is presented in the …
