Report end note numbers without text

[Robert Bowman]

Hello,

New member here, having a little problem.

After creating a Register Report using Pages, my list of sources looks like this:

37. Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records,

[Steve B]

Re: Report end note numbers without text

Hi Robert. It looks like you might have accidentally created a source (numbered 38) but put no information in it. You need to look at the source record to see if there is any data there. To do this, first click on "Sources" in the Sidebar on the left. This will open up a list of all your sources on the right. Look for source number 38. If you have a lot you can put them in source number order by clicking in the column header. Now you can double click the source to open up a dialog box which will contain all the info you have entered for this source.

[Robert Bowman]

Re: Report end note numbers without text

Thanks for the reply. In my posting above, I should have said "my list of end notes" not "my list of sources." It's the end note number that the Reports function of Reunion generates. It's end note number 38 that has no text associated with it.

[Steve B]

Re: Report end note numbers without text

I see what you mean. I've generated a Register report, and it appears to me that the end notes are a list of sources - but not quoting the actual source number but rather a sequential end note number.

I still feel that your note 38 relates to a source you have created with no data entered.
If you click Sources in the left hand sidebar, so that you get a list of all your sources in the right hand sidebar, you get a list showing source number, type, and data. If you scroll down the list for any source with nothing entered in the data column then that should show you any "empty" sources - I think.

[wbyron]

Re: Report end note numbers without text

Another related question is "why are the end note numbers just a sequence from 1 to whatever rather than listing the source number in the source list? It would seem that using the original source numbers would make more sense as that is the way they are shown on the family view page, etc.
Can anyone comment on this?

[ByronSpoon]

Re: Report end note numbers without text

Another related question is "why are the end note numbers just a sequence from 1 to whatever rather than listing the source number in the source list? It would seem that using the original source numbers would make more sense as that is the way they are shown on the family view page, etc.
Can anyone comment on this?

In the manual, search for the obvious keywords
end note number
and read the section titled "The Numbering of Source Citations and Endnotes in Reports". This explains the two numbering methodologies and how you can choose the numbering system that suits you best.

[Charles Bourland]

Re: Report end note numbers without text

Another related question is "why are the end note numbers just a sequence from 1 to whatever rather than listing the source number in the source list? It would seem that using the original source numbers would make more sense as that is the way they are shown on the family view page, etc.
Can anyone comment on this?

This is a good question, because sequential is the only way to easily find the Source when reference numbers might go 4, 106, 803, 2 etc.

For another suggestion, try: http://www.genealogyhowto.com/2010/0...ource-records/

[Steve B]

Re: Report end note numbers without text

This is a good question, because sequential is the only way to easily find the Source when reference numbers might go 4, 106, 803, 2 etc.

I'm not sure I follow your logic here. If I recorded, for example, the 1901 Census for John Smith and his family as source number 317, then in a report I would want it reported as source number 317, not as source number 2 because it happens to be the second source referenced in that particular report.

Fortunately, as outlined in an earlier post, you can choose to have the actual source number quoted.

[ByronSpoon]

Re: Report end note numbers without text

I'm not sure I follow your logic here. If I recorded, for example, the 1901 Census for John Smith and his family as source number 317, then in a report I would want it reported as source number 317, not as source number 2 because it happens to be the second source referenced in that particular report....

Steve-
Read further the examples given in the section in the manual I referenced earlier titled "The Numbering of Source Citations and Endnotes in Reports". You will see there is an important difference in the way the source citation detail field is handled, depending on which method of numbering in endnotes one uses. It is not only the numbering system that warrants consideration here.

If you choose to maintain the original source numbers in the endnotes, then the citation detail field cannot be included in the endnote for the reason explained in the manual, although the detail can be embedded in the body of the report if one chooses.

If you choose to consecutively number the endnote citations (this methodology is preferred by many publishers) then sources that may have a different citation detail for each citation of the same source will be presented with unique citation numbers in the endnotes.

See the examples and the explanation given in the manual for further clarification.

[Steve B]

Re: Report end note numbers without text

Read further the examples given in the section in the manual I referenced earlier titled "The Numbering of Source Citations and Endnotes in Reports"

Thanks Byron - I had read that section, but not right to the end (guilty of not following my own advice of RTFM) - clearly there is more to this issue than first appears.