Ancestral Quest

Ancestral Quest
Original author(s)Gaylon Findlay,[1] Ben Buckwalter
Developer(s)Incline Software, LC[1]
Initial release1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Stable release
v16 Build 8 / 23 September 2020; 3 years ago (2020-09-23)[2]
Operating systemWindows 2000 and later
Size19 MB
Available in16 languages
List of languages
Chinese, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish[3]
TypeGenealogy software
LicenseProprietary software
Websitewww.ancquest.com

Ancestral Quest (AQ) is a genealogy software application for Microsoft Windows developed by Incline Software, LC. It features data entry with sourcing capabilities and scrapbook extensions; a print engine for standard or custom charts and reports; a web page creator; a collaboration engine; and an extension tool for other genealogy databases.[citation needed]

Ancestral Quest was the first desktop genealogy software program to be certified to access, update, and synchronize with newer versions of FamilySearch.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Gaylon Findlay Biography". Logan Utah Family History Center. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Latest Release Information for AQ 16". ancestralquestonline.com. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  3. ^ "Ancestral Quest Language Modules". Incline Software, LC. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Current Certified Software Affiliates". FamilySearch. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2009.