end notes, foot notes and an Index Table

Hi all,
First time using the Word forum but have used the excel forum.

I am trying to write a short family history story. I want to use end notes for people for whom I will provide more information, relevent to the person but not so much to the story.

I also want to use foot notes for just a brief definition or explanation of a word.

Will there be a conflict between the two types of notes if I use a different type numbering for each? Will the numberings automatically increase by 1 or will I have to reset this each time?

Finally, I want an index table for all the names in the story. However, in the story, I am obviously using first names followed by last name but the index must be sorted by last name. Is there a way to automatically have the last name first in the index or do I have to index the last name and add the first names manually? Or could I possibly use code to sort the first names and last name? In many cases there is more than one first name as in John Joe Albert Smith.

I would be very grateful for any advice or tips. Thanks in advance. George.

OK, so i've got the foot notes and end notes working. Footnotes using a, b, c on each page, The endnotes using 1, 2, 3 to run continuously,

I've got the Indexing partly working. I am using two indexes - one for family members and a second one for "Other People". I and have designated them as \ f "a" and \ f "b". However, I only get one index with all the names, when there should be two indexes.

Incidently, I cannot get the index to work without using a space between the back slash and the flag "f",

Any thoughts? - Using Word 2003.