ANCESTRAL QUEST AND NEW FAMILYSEARCH
©Copyright 2011 by Diane M. Snow and Donald R. Snow
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This page was last updated 2011-12-07.
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WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
- Instructors are Donald R. and Diane M. Snow ( snowd@math.byu.edu
and dmsnow34@gmail.com ) of
Provo, Utah and St. George, Utah.
- These notes with the links are posted on the Utah Valley Technology
and Genealogy Group website http://uvtagg.org
> Class
Outlines > Don's
Listings along with many other class notes for family
history. Tip: holding down the Control Key while clicking on a
link opens the link in a new window while keeping the notes open where
you were, so it's easier to get back to where you were
- FH Update classes - 1st and 3rd Wednesdays 1-2:30 PM, Morningside
Stake Center, RS Room -- schedule is posted for Jan and Feb 2012 --
What are your questions for us for 04 Jan 2012? Note change to
4th Wed in Feb.
- Don will give a short presentation on Sat 17 Dec 2011, 10 am on Erastus
Snow's Life and Families from Their Personal Letters at Southern
Utah Family History and Genealogy Group Meeting (SUFHGG), St.
George East Stake Center, 449 South 300 East, St. George, Utah (across
the street east of the St. George Temple)
- RootsTech 2012, 2-4 Feb, Salt Palace, SLC - sponsored by
FamilySearch, BYU, and others -- http://rootstech.org/
- FH Expo, 24-25 Feb 2012, Dixie Center - Early Bird reg $39 through
12 Dec, then $59, and at the door $99 -- register at http://www.familyhistoryexpos.com
- This class will discuss the affiliate genealogy management program
Ancestral Quest and how it helps with new FamilySearch.
ANCESTRAL QUEST WEBSITE -- http://www.ancquest.com/
- To download click on AQ Basics -- includes both the free and full
versions, so you can start with the free and convert to the full
version later, if you like it -- Link to a comparison chart of
features of free and full versions and PAF is at bottom of the
download page
- Tutorials on website under Video Tutorial
- 18-minute Overview
- 90-minute Quick Start Tutorial -- 15 segments
- Features Dealing with nFS (at bottom of screen) > nFS and
many other tutorials -- also linked through AQ itself under
FamilySearch Menu
- Can keep data in PAF and use AQ to interact with nFS or change
database to AQ format
- Demo of opening and saving a file as a PAF file -- File > Open
(locate file and select) > Open; File > Backup > Yes for AQ,
No for PAF
ANCESTRAL QUEST AND NEW FAMILYSEARCH
- Handout by Robert Gerber, Logan FHC missionary -- Robert
Gerber's Handout on AQ
- Enable Temple Mode -- Tools > Preferences > FamilySearch >
Enable FamilySearch Features
- FamilySearch Menu
- Link and Sync
- Link = AQ searches for a match on nFS -- allows combining
duplicates
- Sync = allows exchange of information to or from nFS (has the
boxes to select)
- Meaning of symbols
- How to Link an individual -- Tree Icon (by individual) >
highlight choices in upper panel and mark as Same
- How to Sync an individual -- Click Sync button on Link page
- Can Link or Sync a group at a time, e. g. a family (use
Parents/Siblings option or Spouses/Children option)
- How to keep track of what you have done in nFS
- Modify columns in Name List view to indicate what has been
linked in nFS -- Adjust Columns and Sorting > General >
Select columns you want -- Has FS PID column shows Linked or
Sync'd
- FamilySearch Menu > Statistics shows how many are linked,
etc.
- FamilySearch Menu > Check for Changes > Select a group
> Start Checking -- tells you all changed nFS records since you
sync'd those - can review and select updates for them
- Import family lines from nFS -- can extend lines or use if you have
no data file
- With individual or family Syn'd you can view them in nFS
ADDITIONAL FEATURES OF ANCESTRAL QUEST WE LIKE
- Some of these features are only available in the full version
- Collaboration -- see Collaborate Menu -- very helpful for several
people to work on same database; Administrator has to invite who to
work on it
- Ancestry.com Search -- View > Ancestry.com Links -- in Pedigree
View it shows hits for Trees and Records on Ancestry for each person
- Dealing with sources
- Categories in Source List -- Edit > Source List - categories
are in right panel
- Attaching an image to a source -- Source button > Select a
source > Attach > browse to find image
- Merge Sources and Repositories -- Tools > Merge > Sources
- select primary source and duplicate
- Order notes or sources -- Notes/Sources button > highlight
and move source with order arrow
- Search in Notes -- Search > Advanced Filter/Focus > Select All
> Define > Notes > Contains
- Sort on any column in the Name List by clicking on heading
- Ditto options for entering data -- F8 dittos last thing typed into
that field, F9 dittos down the record
ASSIGNMENT
- Watch the 18-minute Overview video about AQ and try out the free
version.
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