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Behold will be very different than other program you've ever seen. Charting is something not currently in Behold (and I may or may not add it in the future). FTM's All-In-One chart has that great purpose of putting it up for everyone to see, but after that, it really isn't useful in helping you do your ...

Whoops. Thanks for pointing that out. Sometimes I forget what decade it is. :-)

I've also updated the Behold FAQ page, with at least one interesting new tidbit there.Louis

Effectively, this means I have finally completed all I wanted to do with the Organize Features of Behold. I have three outstanding little things to fixup (hopefully tonight or tomorrow) and then I will get to increment my progress on the Behold home page and mark Organize Features as complete.Then I'll next ...

Hi:Version 1.x of Behold will be "read-only". It will read your GEDCOM files and produce the Everything Report for your use. It will not yet have the capability to edit and save your data.Version 2.0 of Behold will introduce in-place editing, where you will be able to edit your genealogy data right in the ...

Faith:You seem to be asking about how to write a genealogy program. I will e-mail you privately on this.Louis

I disagree entirely with the concept of merging other people's data into yours through import. I also very much dislike the idea of automated "matching and merging" process, which so many programs try to do and what many people think is "cool". But this is the way "junk" genealogies have been building up over ...

Thanks Chief,May I ask what sort of "unwanted" names you have that you need to sort out. Are they relationship based (i.e. relatives of a specific person), surname based, or something else? For what purpose are you sorting them out?I have mixed feelings about preferences. A lot of people want everything ...

I don't expect to see much conversation here until Behold is released, but feel free to try the forum and begin discussion.Thanks for taking an interest in Behold.Louis