Source Citations in Notes

Source Citations in Note Fields

Citing a Source in a Note Field

Consecutive Source Citations in a Note Field

Sources: An Overview

Source Citations in Note Fields

One of Reunion's unique features is the ability to document sources anywhere in notes fields. Source citations in notes appear much like they do in a word processor — as superscript numbers.

The citations appear in the family view, as described here.

Citations also appear, and are entered/edited, in the Notes section of the Edit Person panel. (Citations in names, events, and facts are described here.)

To open the Notes section of the Edit Person panel, click directly on any note field in the family view (or click the name of the husband or wife in the family view, and then select the Notes section). If the note field already has citations, you'll see the superscript numbers among the text in the scrolling note field. To see the source itself and the citation detail, click the superscript number in the note field.

Under the note field, only one citation appears at a time, and it reflects the currently selected superscript source number in the note field. This is because source citations in note fields are independent and can appear anywhere in the free-form text. By contrast, in event, name, and fact fields, a list of citations appears. In those cases the list of citations apply to the entire event, name, or fact field.

Citing a Source in a Note Field

To document (or cite) a source in a note field, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Edit Person panel for the appropriate person and click the Notes button.
  2. Move the cursor to the spot in the notes where you want the superscript source number to appear. You can move the cursor by pressing the Arrow keys on the keyboard or by pointing and clicking the mouse.
  3. Click the Add Source button (see the illustration below). This displays four basic choices...

  4. If necessary, make an entry in the Detail field. The Detail field for note field citations is limited to 245 characters.

After you add a source citation in a note field, a superscript number will appear at the spot where you added the citation. The superscript number is the source number. When you click the superscript number, the source citation will appear under the note field. (By contrast, superscript numbers do not appear in the name, event, and fact fields.)

If you click the source citation under the note field, the Source window will appear.

Using Source Records from Another Family File

Source records can be dragged and dropped from one family file into a note field of another family file, automatically creating a new source record and citation. Learn more.

Consecutive Source Citations in a Note Field

Multiple consecutive citation numbers in note fields are separated by superscripted commas. (This only applies when there is no space character between the citations.)