Dr Jessamy Carlson
Head of Community and Transport team at The National Archives.
About
Jessamy is the principal record specialist for family, local and community history. She researches and advises on a range of records which allow the tracing of people and places in the past. These include the 1939 Register and the 1921 Census, for which she is the research lead.
As one of the 20th century specialists, her research focuses on the experiences of children and young people in the past, particularly those who are care experienced, or who encountered the juvenile secure estate.