Do you appreciate footnotes or do they annoy you?
I took them out of my Regency romance because half a dozen people complained in the UK while others in the US said that it was interesting to pick up historical facts on the way.
One of my footnotes explained the origin of the Burlington Arcade, for example.
Terry Pratchett uses a lot of footnotes and they just make me laugh at his stories even more.
Thank you for your input. I may just put the notes back in as end notes!
Have never used them before.
If I'm reading fiction (even historical fiction) I don't like footnotes as I find them distracting. (Non-fiction is a different matter.)
Perhaps you could have a section at the back of your novel with a list of "suggested further reading"?