Monthly Archives: October, 2012
AQ Portable
Ancestral Quest – A Portable Application Typically, when we buy a software product, we either download it over the internet, or we get it on CD/DVD. We then run the installation program. This program places the executable and its supporting files into a folder which is typically located somewhere in a folder named either Program Files or …
Fix Place Names
Ancestral Quest – Standardizing Names Recently, I was asked how to correct errors on Place Names so that they would be standardized. To show this, I created a new database with two people and one marriage. Below is the Edit Individual screen for the husband. This record has some things we need to look at. …
Naming Pictures
Pictures – A Naming Strategy Ancestral Quest can be used as a scrapbooking tool. It can also show images of documentation such as birth certificates, marriage certificates, death certificates, census records, etc. This can be a powerful tool for preserving both memories and evidence. Sometimes, however, there is an overpowering number of images. I have …
Tutorials
Ancestral Quest Tutorials Learn Ancestral Quest from the Expert at Home In my classes at the Ogden FamilySearch Library, I use tutorials produced by Gaylon Findlay, of Incline Software, to teach the basic concepts of Ancestral Quest. He wrote Ancestral Quest, which is the basis for PAF, so who better to teach the class? To …
PAF or AQ
PAF or Ancestral Quest? Which should I use, and Why? Many people were first introduced to genealogical record keeping on a computer through the Personal Ancestral File program, PAF. They followed it through many changes and improvements, and they felt comfortable using it, clear up to version 5.2.18. Then came FamilySearch. PAF doesn’t do FamilySearch. People started …
Reports
How To – Reports in Ancestral Quest One topic missing from the online video tutorials is Reports. Reports are accessed by clicking the Reports icon on the Toolbar. The Reports icon is the printer shown in the red square above. The available report types are listed at the top of the Reports and Charts screen. …
AQ Will Do 