I have recently started to use Ancestral Sources to enter census information and am concerned by the fact that it adds unrelated individuals into FH's gedcom file. Obviously, they do not belong there, but if I remove them I assume they will be removed from the census data too, which means my census record is incomplete. If my assumption is correct, how do other users manage the situation? I am toying with the idea of omitting them from the census but adding a note saying, for example, "There were also 2 servants and a visitor present". Regards George Bush

<<snipped>> I am toying with the idea of omitting them from the census but adding a note saying, for example, "There were also 2 servants and a visitor present". <<snipped>> Yes, that's what I do: I add a note about the (named) servants to my residence fact, saying (e.g.) that my family was well enough off to pay for X and Y, live-in servants, at the address in question. However, I don't use Ancestral Sources so am unsure what facts AS creates, so you may need to choose a different fact to add the note to, or even to create free-standing notes, depending on what looks nicest. Certainly, I've never bothered to list all inhabitants of a lodging house where my relatives were found - though naming the landlord (in a note) seems only polite! Adrian B

Thanks to Graham, Adrian and John for your suggestions. I am not sure how I shall proceed; there are pluses and minuses to all the options. I shall have to mull it over for a while. George