Are you trying to avoid Scotland's People's site? That is where the images can be found. It's free to register, and a nominal fee to view the actual images... Leslie k c wrote: > To June Duncan > > I started this discussion re Rose st where my gg grandmother had a > lodging house in the 1851 and 1861 census. She was specifically located > at 6 east rose st south side. I do not have access to the images of > those census only the typed material on Ancestry.com. > > Can anyone out there with access to the images of this location be able > to email me those pages 1841 through 1861? > > I must admit that I have never seen the words brothelkeeper or > prostitute on any census page. My gggm lodgers were tradespeople: > joiners, saddlers, carpenters, waiters, her son, an accountant and her > few daughters. > > How does one locate an exact address on the census? > > I am really, truly looking for an accurate portrayal of what went on at > 6 east rose st. south side in 1841 to 1861. > > regards...kathleen > > June Ducan wrote: > > it's been a while since i transcribed that part of the 1841 but if > memory is correct it was at the register house end as it also covered > canal st which is now waverly station etc. The enumerator had written > lodging house keeper on numerous occasions and it had been scored out > and brothel keeper written. also lots of ladies had occupation as > dressmaker and this was also scored out and prostitute written. You'd > have to look at the original OPR film to get the exact house street > numbers > June Duncan wrote: > > I helped transcribed the 1841 census and Rose st was part of the area I > did. There were certainly lots of brothel keepers and prostitutes in > 1841. I live in edinburgh and have never known Rose St to be the red > light area in the 70s. A couple of streets down from Rose St, Danube St, > was were the prostitutes hung out but that area has changed now and they > are nearer to Leith. not sure when rose St became 'respectable' but I > would have classed it as red light in 1841 time I have heard that Rose > street was at one time a red light district. Do you know enough about > Edinburgh to know at what point in history this occurred? > regards......kathleen > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >