Genealogy programs need two things

1. Easy Input
2. Usable Output

Most programs do neither well.

Behold changes all that.

What is more important: Input or Output?

The output, of course. The data you collect is useless if you can't use it.

So why is it that most genealogy programs are input based? You enter your data into rigid forms piece by piece, and have to run reports to see it.

Behold is the opposite. Behold is output-based. You view and work directly with the report. It makes absolutely everything (all your data) available. Only hide what you want to hide.

Useable Output

Behold's Everything Report presents all your data to you as you want to see it. You can easily reorganize the families any way you want. All indexes are included in the report. People, places and sources are all linked together with a simple click needed for navigation.

Behold has a standard Windows interface that works the way you expect it to. The treeview makes navigation obvious and easy.

Here is what Behold looks like:

Behold's Everything Report can be printed so you have a hard copy of all your research that you can take with you. It can be exported to rich-text format and loaded into your word processor. It can be exported to html and put on your website. In each case, the output looks just like it does in Behold.

Easy Input - the Way It Should Be

When you type your e-mail, do you fill out forms to put the paragraphs and sentences in? What a silly thought.

So why do almost all genealogy programs make you fill out forms? This is a slow, cumbersome, and time-wasting way to enter your data - especially if you have a lot of it. There must be a better way.

Why not enter your data directly onto the report? See some incorrect data. Just correct it right there.

Using a word processing program is easy. It feels natural and you see what you will get. There are menu items and keyboard shortcuts to help you put your information in and edit it. A genealogy program should do the same.

This will be the innovation that sets Behold apart. This will be included in Version 2 of Behold.

That's Not All

Behold uses new thinking to repackage the traditional genealogy program into what it always should have been. It has many special features that are only possible in Behold because of the way it has been designed. These have been included specifically to help you, the genealogist. Click here to find more about what Behold will do for you.

Join Me as I Change the Way Genealogists Work

I've found during my many years doing family genealogy, that I needed a better program than those out there. Behold is going to be that program for me. And I hope you find it to be one for you as well ... One that can let you see and use all your data at a glance. And one that will soon let you enter all your data effortlessly and quickly.

Behold is still under development. Version 1.0 will see the completion of the Everything Report. Version 2.0 will add full on-screen editing. I hope you'll follow along during the development of Behold.

These web pages include much additional material about Behold, plus a discussion forum, a feedback form, and a responsive author (me!). I offer an always-updated Future Plans page, outlining the specific things I have on tap for Behold. You can also keep up to date with my Behold Blog, where I share some interesting thoughts and ideas, and I let you know what I'm working on.

Want a free trial of Behold? Click here to go to the Download Page

If you like what I'm doing, and really want to encourage me, then consider purchasing a copy of Behold. It is available now at a special pre-release early beta price of $20 US (to be $30 later in the beta and to be at least $40 US when Version 1.0 is released.)

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