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ymbcdriqlpzh Your sims might have moved, or they could just be gone. The game isn't supposed to cull sims that you've played, but this mechanic is unreliable.
Still, it's worth searching for them. Go to Edit Town and check each occupied household for your sims. You don't need to switch households; just look at the preview and see whether your sims are present, either on their own or combined with another household. That shouldn't happen either, but it does sometimes.
There's no way to prevent this without mods. If you're interested, let me know, and I can list the mods to add and what to do with them. You could also use a mod to try to recover the sims if they don't live anywhere—they might not be completely deleted yet.
puzzlezaddict what mod can I use to try to recover the sims?