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Let's look at another person. Go to the treeview. Click on the plus sign next to "Descendants of James V. Lannan" to expand it. Then expand "1. James and Ellen". Then expand "2. Nathanial and Margaret". Then "2. Thomas and Adelaide". Finally, click on "3. Eleanor and John Joseph". That should load Eleanor into the Everything Report and Behold should look like the above screen shot.
 Parents
Parents are listed after the person's birth. If the date of the birth is known and the parent's birthdate is known, then their ages at the time of the birth are shown. If the date of the parents marriage is known, then the length of their marriage at the time of birth is shown.
Other sets of parents (adoption, foster parents) included in the data will also be shown, along with the event if the association is known, or after the first set of parents if the association is not known.
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 Older Siblings
Older siblings will be listed after the parents along with their age at the time of birth, if the age can be determined.
If one spouse had children from a previous marriage, then the step-siblings will be listed, along with their age if determinable.
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 Marriage and ChildrenThe marriage and listing of children are always included (when known). They are not considered to be life events, since they pertain directly to the main person Eleanor. This is Eleanor's marriage and Eleanor's children.
Note that no dates or ages are given. In this dataset, the marriage date and birthdates of the children were not included. Events are included in date order, but when no dates are provided, they are included in the order they exist in the file, so these happen to be placed first.
The children in this file do not have birth events, so simple entries for the child are included and follow the marriage. Behold will present as much information as it has. If something looks strange in its output, then likely there is something left out or strange about your data that you should look at.
If no date exists for an event but you can estimate a date, e.g. ABT 1843, or BET 1840 AND 1850, that will allow to add ages and lengths of time related to that event. This will give you comparisons (i.e. family ages) that will help you evaluate the validity of the date and focus the years you might search for records. Just remember to document your reasoning behind why you think those dates may be likely.
If a spouse had children from a previous marriage, then stepchildren and their ages at the marriage will be shown following the marriage. You saw this on the previous page of this tutorial.
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 Using Life Events
Above are four life events, two from the father and two from the mother. They are all on the same date and Eleanor is shown to be 9 months old at the time. The father is 32 and the mother is 30. They were married 11 years. Missing is Eleanor's Census record. If she is supposed to be 9 months old, she should be listed in the Census and that record should be checked again.
Information from life events, comparing dates, ages, places, notes and sources, will often turn up inconsistencies that need to be checked and corrected, or may give clues as to additional research that could be done.
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