If I have two footnotes in one point, and the second footnote begins with a comment, is the first word capitalized? (Turabian)

Question

Shaw, The Pharaoh, pp. 14-15; for examples of exceptions to father-son succession, see Ibid., pp. 8, 37, 41, 59-63.

or

Shaw, The Pharaoh, pp. 14-15; For examples of exceptions to father-son succession, see Ibid., pp. 8, 37, 41, 59-63.

Answer 1

No. In English, words are not capitalized after a semicolon. And "ibid." needs to be in lowercase, too.

Either:

Shaw, The Pharaoh, pp. 14-15. For examples of exceptions to father-son succession, see ibid., pp. 8, 37, 41, 59-63.

or:

Shaw, The Pharaoh, pp. 14-15; for examples of exceptions to father-son succession, see ibid., pp. 8, 37, 41, 59-63.

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Just to clarify: That is one footnote, not two. Your footnote consists of two sentences.

Footnotes can consist of serveral sentences or even multiple paragraphs, and contain tables and figures, just like your body text.