Add section titles to "table of contents".

I am attempting to build a book from a Genealogical Generational listing that indicates the generation number at the beginning of each section. I also add that number along with the section page number at the bottom of each section. i.e. Generation 1 page n.
Is there any way to automatically pickup the section title to add into the "Table of Contents"?
Using my present method, highlight the section title, click "Paragraph Style" (edit to my preference); will show only page 1 for all section beginning pages and seems unprofessional. alternatively, I could just leave out the page number somehow and attempt to "Tab" the first page of each section. Basically, what I would like is:
"Generation 1
Generation 2" etc.... or something similar without page numbers and the section name is the page link to the first page of that section.
Tks
Sparkgapper

Hi Sparkgapper,
Is this a Pages question? YOu are in the Numbers for Mac forum.
From your profile, is this an iWork '09 question?
quinn

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