For anyone who wants a copy of the B/L database pages we were able to recover, whether you are a B/L member or not, you can download it here for a limited period, from:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1c2y77k09cb4cv3/BeadDatabaseBEST.pdf?dl=0
It will continue to be available for another few weeks, up to April 1st.
At the time it was active, any members were able to add images and details about their beads, though some of the information may have been incomplete.
So its not for general publication as a resource, there might be copyright issues, etc.
for about 15 years now I use FilemakerPro for creating my database of beads.
And now there is FilemakerGo for the iPad. I had to upgrade to Filemaker 12 to use Filemaker Go and lost some handy possibilities but I can still use my database on my desktop and on the iPad.
I use filemaker for my database of sample cards. Can add pictures, and searches easily. I use it on a Mac, and it exports easily to PDF and excel. There is a Windows version too. I expected I will add a second database for my beads. I will look at the categories from the Beads-L database to see if it works for me.