Secondly, is there a way that it allows me to insert the position() within the HTML element such as: -
<xsl:template match="Family">
<a name="<xsl:value-of select="position()"/>>Smith</a>
...

that gives something like that at the end: - <a name="2">Smith</a>

i know such approach is not permitted but is there are another way to produce such result?

thanks for your time

Regards
Kit

<a>
    <xsl:attribute name="name">
        <xsl:value-of select="position()"/>
    </xsl:attribute>
    Smith
</a>

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