Note records allow you to make notes in your file and reference them in multiple places. This is achieved using the add_note() record. Multi-line notes can be achieved using backslash-n.
library(tidyged)
gedcom() |>
add_note("This is a random note used for demonstration purposes\nThis is a new line.") |>
dplyr::filter(record == "@N1@")
#> Added Note: @N1@
#> # A tibble: 3 × 4
#> level record tag value
#> <dbl> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 0 @N1@ NOTE "This is a random note used for demonstration purposes\nTh…
#> 2 1 @N1@ CHAN ""
#> 3 2 @N1@ DATE "22 JUN 2022"As with other records, various types of user-defined references can be defined (user_reference_numbers).