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Ancestral Quest (AQ) by Incline Software originally launched in 1994 for the Windows 3.0/3.1 platform and was one of the first mainstream genealogy programs on the Windows 3.x platform. It was the first genealogy program that was compatible with Family Search.
Ancestral Quest 3.0 was the basis for Personal Ancestral File 4.0 (PAF 4.0) and Personal Ancestral File 5.0 (PAF 5.0).
It is still in active development for the Windows 32-bit/64-bit platform as well as macOS, and the current major release, Ancestral Quest 16, was released in 2019, with many updates since (11 updates to AQ 16).
Official website is: www.ancquest.com
Other Versions:
Company History: Incline Software, LLC, was founded in 1994 to “develop premier genealogy software tools” and is located in Salt Lake City, Utah. They also develop PAFWiz, an application to enhance the Personal Ancestral File (PAF) genealogy program.
| Name | Released | Retired | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancestral Quest 16 | 2019 | Active (2023) | Windows, macOS |
| Ancestral Quest 15 | 2016 | 2019 | Windows |
| Ancestral Quest 14 | 2012 | 2016 | Windows |
| Ancestral Quest 12.1 | 2008 | 2011 | Windows |
| Ancestral Quest 12 | 2007 | 2008 | Windows |
| Ancestral Quest 11 | 2003 | 2005 | Windows |
| Ancestral Quest 2002 aka Ancestral Quest 10 | 2002 | 2003 | Windows |
| Ancestral Quest 3.0 Personal Ancestral File 4.0 Personal Ancestral File 5.0 | 1999 | 2002 | Windows |
| Ancestral Quest 2.1 | 1997 | 1999 | Windows |
| Ancestral Quest 2.0 | 1996 | 1997 | Windows |
| Ancestral Quest 1.1 | 1995 | 1996 | Windows 3.x |
| Ancestral Quest 1.0 | 1994 | 1995 | Windows 3.x |
Review:
Ancestral Quest 2002 – Eastman’s (Jan 2003) Dick Eastman (Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter