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Product Comparison
Ancestral Quest 12 vs. PAFWiz 2.0 with PAF 5

AQ 12, PAFWiz 2.0, and PAF 5.x (which was derived from AQ 3.0) all have many more basic features in common than listed in this chart. This chart is intended to show the differences rather than all the features.

Features

PAF 5 Supplemented by PAFWiz 2.0

Ancestral Quest 12

PAF 5.x only

PAF 5 w/ PAFWiz 2.0 (No longer available)

Database Files

Edit PAF 5 file

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View/report on PAF 5 file

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Edit/view/report on AQ file

 

 

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Conversion of PAF 5 file to AQ file and vice versa

 

 

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General Functionality/Data Storage

Add/edit individuals

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Add/edit relationships

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Individual Summary Screen

 

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Enhanced Individual Merge

 

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Compare and Merge Databases

 

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Record DNA Test Results

 

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Back and Forward Navigation Buttons

 

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Sort Name Index on any field

 

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Edit and delete marriages from marriage search screen

 

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Detailed log of changes

 

 

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Generate Custom IDs using combined Ahnentafel and Henry systems

 

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Sorted Place List in summary mode

 

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Sort places by largest to smallest geographic region, or vice versa

 

 

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Improved global find/replace for names, dates, places and notes

 

 

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Create master source for GEDCOM import

 

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Improved 'quick entry' of places

 

 

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See and calculate relationships from search screen

 

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Set parent/spouse/children as confidential

 

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Auto merge by ID as well as AFN

 

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Search for women by married name

 

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Record children as step or foster

 

 

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Record male-female relationships as Common Law or de Facto

 

 

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Translate Program into Any Language

 

 

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Convert State/Province Abbreviations to Full Name and vice versa

 

 

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Birth Rite concept

 

 

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2 descriptions and 2 places for custom events

 

 

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Internet-related Features

Create basic web pages

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Additional web creation options

 

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Search commercial web sites* (ie Direct Lookups on Ancestry.com**)

 

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NetFam Collaboration

 

 

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NEW! Synchronize with new.FamilySearch.org

 

 

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LDS Features

Submit names to TempleReady (TR)

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Update ordinances from TempleReady (TR)

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Search Online IGI for Ordinance Data

 

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Multimedia Capabilities

Multimedia/Scrapbook items

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Export scrapbook items to single file

 

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Import full scrapbook from GEDCOM

 

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Print source images on documented charts

 

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Add Documents to scrapbook collections

 

 

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Scrapbook Items can be stored on the Internet

 

 

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Reports and Charts

Standard reports and charts

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Publish a Family Book

 

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Dropline Descendant Chart

 

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Documented pedigree charts

 

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Full, half and quarter fan charts

 

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Line of Descent drop line chart

 

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Show siblings on ancestry charts & books

 

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Print all charts & reports to PDF file

 

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Save Book reports to WordPerfect file

 

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Enhanced options on Family Group Sheet

 

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Enhanced options on Calendar

 

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Print Reports in different languages

 

 

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Print selective list of sources

 

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"Scrapbook Items" report

 

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Print odd/even pages

 

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Print 'fill-in-the-blanks' for missing data on book reports

 

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"Page of Testimony" report submits information on Holocaust victims to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem

 

 

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Documentation/Sources/Research

Basic notes

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Basic source documentation

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"Documentation Center" simplifies and improves working with notes and sources

 

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Spell-check notes

 

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"To Do" Items/Research Manager

 

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Research Log

 

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Reuse source citations to eliminate duplicate footnotes

 

 

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Attach citations to just date or place

 

 

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Categorize Sources

 

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Sort sources by author

 

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Short Title/Abbreviated Author

 

 

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Record “Other” field in Sources

 

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Memorize multiple citations

 

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Improved merging of sources, citations, repositories

 

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Price

 

$19.95

$29.95

*Many commercial websites require a separate subscription to be paid in order to access their content.
**Ancestry.com may at any time stop processing requests from AQ for information from their databases. While we don’t expect this to happen, access to this information is not guaranteed.