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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Source Output Forms
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:24:58 -0500
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Greg Surratt wrote:
>On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 02:07:12 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>Greg Surratt wrote:
>>>Why does the [SUBJECT] entry in the full (surname, given names) and
>>>short (surname only) footnotes not result in the same output?
>>
>>That is by design for most style manuals. The problem is caused by
>>entering the name as "Lastname, comma, First Names." If you enter the name
>>as "First Names LastName", then the Short Footnote would include the full
>name.
>
>>Lee Hoffman/KY
>
>So the comma is the problem? I was trying to figure out why [Subject]
>gave me two different results.

In many Source Categories, names should be entered lastname first. This
provides the proper formatting of the name for Full Footnote, Short
Footnote and Bibliography. However, for a few Source Categories (and Birth
Certificate is one of these), a name should be entered lastname last as the
full name is desired in all three citation forms. If you review the models
given in Elizabeth Shown Mills "Evidence!", you'll see the Source
Categories of this nature.

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