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From: Linda Lawhon <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Funeral Program
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 16:11:22 -0500
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Linda asked:
>>*[Comment on the above -- I am considering dropping the date from
>>the short footnote. Can anyone think of a reason I should leave
>>the date in the short footnote entry?? If the date is mentioned in
>>the text and the date is included in the full footnote and
>>bibliography, I can see no value for it in the short footnote.]

Joe Makowiec said:
>Depends on how many Jane DOEs you have in an individual family. I
>have a family with at least three John CAMERONs (father and two
>sons), so using a date could help distinguish which one was being
>referred to.

Good point, Joe.

This could be confusing if more than one Jane Doe appeared on the
same page and you were citing similar sources for them. Although I
very rarely use endnotes, for those who do I can see the value of the
date in the short footnote because with endnotes it is not a case of
just glancing up to the text to see the person to which the citation
refers. As I do occasionally create a report in Ascii using endnotes
-- to send via email -- I can see I need to leave the date field.

Thanks for the heads up.

Linda


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