Clarke, Karen

Description

Karen is a Qualified Family and Local Historian based in Angus, Scotland. Karen specialises in Scottish Family History and has been working in the heritage field for the last eleven years.

Karen has received an MLitt in Family and Local History from the University of Dundee and a BA in History from The Open University. For her Masters’ dissertation, Karen extensively researched crime in Scotland. Specifically the four high-profile Glasgow murders of the Square Mile of Murder. Karen looked at the role social class and respectability played in these homicides, and the impact the press coverage of the homicides had on the trials and families of those involved.

Karen is currently researching the life of Jessie McLachlan of the Square Mile and plans to write a book regarding not only the trial but the many issues surrounding it.

For the last two years Karen has worked with Angus Archives as an Archives & Local History Research Advisor. Within this role she also performs commissioned research in both family and local history.

In her previous position, Karen worked at Signal Tower Museum and has extensively researched the life of Scottish Light Keepers, the Bell Rock Lighthouse and the history of the Signal Tower in Arbroath.

Karen has made appearances in both TV documentaries and Radio regarding both the Square Mile and the Bell Rock Lighthouse.