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When recording your genealogical information, it is very important to always document your sources. If you've done this properly with your genealogy software and exported that information into a GEDCOM file, then Behold will produce a complete list of sources and source details for you that you should find quite useful to refer to.
Each source provides you with information. For each bit of information that you use, you should have a source detail that lists the specific location where it is within the source. The location may be as simple as a page number, or it may be a detailed identification. For example: If a book is the source, then the book plus the page number might be the source detail. If your great-aunt was the source, then she along with the date and place of the interview and you being the interviewee might be the source detail.
 Source Information
The information about each source is listed alphabetically using a smart sorting algorithm to order numbers correctly. The sources are then numbered sequentially, S1, S2, ...
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 Repository for this Source
This is where the source was or can be found. Click on the Repository number (R11) to go to that Repository's details.
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 Source Reference
A source may contain may different records, pages or items. A Source Detail refers to a specific record, location or item within a source. Some refer to these as citations, but this documentation will call them source details.
Source details are shown for each source are shown indented and are sub-numbered, S1-1, S1-2, ...
The source details from each source are listed alphabetically using a smart sorting algorithm to order numbers correctly.
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 Events and Facts
Each event and fact along with its date and place are shown for each source record.
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 People
The people involved with the event are listed.
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 Notes, Analysis & Reasoning
The link from the event or fact to the source may contain an evaluation of the quality of the source, analysis of the source material and/or reasoning used to come to the conclusion. If your genealogy software allows you to attach notes to your source references, do it, and they should appear here. This is the perfect place to document why you think your conclusions are correct.
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