Download Files
Download Ancestral Quest Basics for free!
Below is the download link for Ancestral Quest 16. Until you purchase an AQ 16 Registration Key, it will run as Ancestral Quest Basics, in which the essential features of AQ are all active at no cost, but the premium “bells and whistles” are unavailable.
If you decide you want to fully activate the AQ 16 program’s features, you will need to purchase a Registration Key for Ancestral Quest 16 - by ordering AQ. You will receive an AQ 16 Registration Key which you can use to fully activate the program. If you have successfully downloaded and installed this file, you will not actually need to download the file again—just enter the key once you have completed the purchase.
Re-download your current copy of Ancestral Quest
If you are a registered user of the Windows version of Ancestral Quest, versions 3.0 through 16, you can download your file again, right here from this site.
The "Adam" Sample Database
This is an Ancestral Quest backup file. Use File > Restore from within AQ to restore this database and view it.
The "Adam" database is a simple database file that traces European Royalty lineage back to Adam.
Download the database for AQ version 16 (690 kb)
The Scrapbook Sample Database for Windows 
We have available a self-extracting zip file that will place a small sample database on your computer, along with some photos and sound and video clips. When you select the person by the name of Afton Hartley, you can look at the slide show and scrapbook to see this sample.
To receive the Scrapbook Sample Database for Windows, just send us an email telling us which version of Ancestral Quest you have, and we will send you the sample database file.
The Scrapbook Sample Database for Mac 
This is a zip file. Extract it to place a small sample database on your computer, along with some photos and sound and video clips. Select the person by the name of Afton Hartley, and look at the slide show and scrapbook to see this sample.
