Dartiesdad wrote:
I don't see Notes in the list of backed up items, as well the historical posts have been pretty clear about Notes not being part of an iCloud back-up.
The last post you quoted was correct, Notes are part of the backup file, you can see that here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946
Although this article is written from the perspective of backing up locally, the backup file contains the same information whether stored locally or in iCloud. I can tell from experience that restoring my devices from my iCloud backup does indeed restore my Notes -- there would be howls of pain if there was a difference between a local backup and an iCloud backup!
I think part of the problem is the confusion between iCloud storage and iCloud backup. iCloud storage are the things you can access from your device (prior purchases, Calender, Contacts, e-mail, and yes Notes). Backup is the data that defines your device settings, app data, and a lot of other things defined in the article above. You can't access the things inside your backup, but restoring from your backup puts them back in place.