What a delightful dilemma! Two census transcriptions....let's see, which shall we deem the better? How often do we have so many resources that we're able to debate which is better? ;-) However, one thing remains constant: a transcription is a transcription is a transcription. Granted, some transcriptions may be 'better' than others, but in my own experience, I've yet to run across an 'error-free' transcription. (and since a transcription, by definition, involves opinion, the definition of 'error' launches yet another discussion). The bottom line is that any census transcription should be used as a finding aid. Perhaps the ideal in this case might be using the BGS CD as the preferred finding aid in conjunction with the Ancestry.com scanned images of the originals....or films of the originals, if you do not have access to Ancestry. In any case, transcriptions simply never 'take the place of' viewing the original image. -Sandy >