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diff --git a/mammoth/docx/notes_xml.py b/mammoth/docx/notes_xml.py
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+from .. import lists
+
+
+def create_reader(note_type):
+    def read_notes_xml_element(element):
+        note_elements = lists.filter(
+            _is_note_element,
+            element.find_children("w:" + note_type),
+        )
+        return lists.map(_read_note_element, note_elements)
+
+
+    def _is_note_element(element):
+        return element.attributes.get("w:type") not in ["continuationSeparator", "separator"]
+
+
+    def _read_note_element(element):
+        return NoteElement(note_type, element.attributes["w:id"], element.children)
+    
+    return read_notes_xml_element
+
+class NoteElement(object):
+    def __init__(self, note_type, id, body):
+        self.note_type = note_type
+        self.id = id
+        self.body = body
+
+
+read_footnotes_xml_element = create_reader("footnote")