Behold - A New Concept For Genealogy

New family tree software is in the works that claims to focus on getting your data out, as opposed to getting it in. Entitled, "Behold", it appears to look much different than conventional family tree software according to the screenshots. The author of Behold, Louis Kessler, says the first beta release is scheduled for July of 2005, with the full release scheduled for December 2005.

One of Kessler's primary impetus for creating Behold is to produce better reports. "Too often in genealogy programs, the reports are an afterthought, and only the "standard" ancestor, descendant, and family group reports are available", says Kessler on his website. "To print info on a whole family is often impossible". His software will feature an "Everything Report" which outputs everything in one report, including a Table of Contents, a table-structured family listing, complete details for a single person in a single place, and an integrated name index.

Kessler is currently seeking beta testers.

You can also follow the development of Behold through Kessler's weblog.