Incline Software Logo

"Wow. Your new capability with new.FamilySearch is, indeed, impressive. It is head and shoulders above others that I have had the privilege of seeing."

- a Family History Center staff member.

 

ANCESTRAL QUEST

The #1 Family Tree Software for LDS Users

FamilySearch Certified Logo

Ancestral Quest was the first desktop family tree program to be certified to access, update and sync with the family tree database of New FamilySearch (NFS), and is now the only full-featured family tree program certified by FamilySearch to reserve and request ordinances for a PAF 5 file. (Both Ancestral Quest and AQ Basics provide the functionality described here unless otherwise noted.)

Access, Update and Sync Certified

  • Search for your records on NFS
  • If you find them, sync your data with the data on NFS
  • If not, easily upload your families directly to NFS
  • Import ancestral lines directly from NFS
  • Combine duplicate records in NFS
  • Compare your record side by side with the NFS record and easily trade data between the two records

PAF Add-In and PAF Import Certified

  • AQ is on the "Tools" menu of PAF 5
  • Directly access the PAF 5 database
  • AQ, like other "PAF Import" certified programs, can directly import your existing PAF data so you can easily convert from PAF to AQ. Unlike other family tree programs, AQ is also "PAF Add-In" certified, which means you can continue to use PAF 5, as AQ and PAF 5 can share your existing PAF database.

Ordinance Reservation/Ordinance Request Certified

  • Identify records in your PAF or AQ file that need ordinances
  • Read official temple records to verify the ordinance status
  • Reserve ordinances, and assign them to the temples or to yourself.
  • Create Family Ordinance Requests (FORs) and print them on your printer
  • Unreserve ordinances. Set them back to the "Ready" status
  • Update missing temple records in NFS with ordinances in your file
  • Reprint damaged or lost ordinance cards
  • Keep your PAF or AQ records up-to-date with the latest temple status as ordinances progress
  • See discussion in next column on the Ordinance Reservation and Tracking System (ORTS) for more details

Helper Certified (Not available in AQ Basics)

  • Sign in to help someone else
  • What this means is that, especially in Utah and Idaho, where many users do not have access to NFS, someone with access, such as a ward Family History Consultant, can have the person bring them their PAF database and help them clean their family tree in NFS, then reserve ordinances for family names.

Print Certified

  • Print any of AQ's many reports and charts, including data retrieved from NFS

Multi-Language Certified

  • Store data in any language
  • AQ has been translated into several languages

Ordinance Reservation and Tracking System

A whole new system, built into both Ancestral Quest and AQ Basics, designed to help you reserve and track ordinances and keep an inventory of ordinance cards.

Temple Mode

View icons on the Pedigree and Family Views, indicating whether ordinances are missing. Click on the icons to see the official temple status and if ordinances are Ready, prepare to reserve them.

Reserve Ordinances

Reserve ordinances to be managed either by you or by the temples. For example, you can assign the baptism and confirmation to the temples to manage, and the initiatory and endowment for you to manage.

Add records in your PAF or AQ file to the reserve list by using the advanced filtering to select groups of individuals. 

Change Ordinances Assignments

Reassign the management of ordinances from you to the temple system, or from the temple system to you.

Unreserve Ordinances

Undo the reservation, setting the ordinances for an individual back to the "Ready" state.

Print FORs

For ordinances you have assigned to yourself to manage, print a Family Ordinance Request which you can take to the temple and print the ordinance cards.

Manage Batches

Unique to AQ! Organize the ordinance cards into manageable batches to help you monitor the progress of a few cards at a time, or all at once if you desire.

Track Ordinances

Check the status of reserved ordinances. As ordinances become completed, quickly and easily update your PAF or AQ records with temple completion information.

Assign Cards to Others (Not available in AQ Basics)

Unique to AQ! You can assign ordinance cards to others and keep track of where your cards are and the progress of the ordinances. For example, you could assign cards to your cousin or High Priest Group Leader.

Reprint Ordinance Cards

If you lose or accidentally damage ordinance cards, you can reprint them.

Ancestral Quest and Incline Software are trademarks of Incline Software, LC. FamilySearch and the FamilySearch Logo are trademarks licensed to the Genealogical Society of Utah and are registered in the United States of America and other countries.