The text presents the scholarly and popular science output in the field of regional history produced by Łucja Charewiczowa, a female Lvovian historian of the inter -war period. There is a discussion of the most important works of the Researcher in this field, with special emphasis on their conceptualisation, construction, empirical approach and literary qualities. The outline also constitutes an attempt to present the peculiar nature of Charewiczowa’s writings in the context of the regional history works (the social, historical and economic orientation, a strongly marked presence of female figures, educational and patriotic aspects). Moreover, it also emphasises the research and narrative approaches of the Lvovian author which were ground -breaking in Poland.
Between June and September 2018, one of the local public libraries in eastern Poland implemented a project documenting roadside crosses and chapels. Information on these small forms of sacral architecture were gathered thanks to the testimonies of witnesses. Next, a book containing photographs of the objects accompanied by brief descriptions based on the recollections of the founders and the representatives of the local community was published. Using the example of this project, this article presents selected problems related to local history using the accounts of witnesses. Both the benefits of these activities (activization of the local community, increasing interest in the past, and increasing social dialogue) as well as the possible dangers (abuses and the expropriation of accounts) were noted.
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Od czerwca do września 2018 r., jedna z gminnych bibliotek publicznych na wschodzie Polski, realizowała projekt dokumentacyjny poświęcony krzyżom i kapliczkom przydrożnym. Informacje na temat tych małych form architektury sakralnej były gromadzone dzięki przekazom świadków historii. Następnie opublikowano album, w którym zamieszczono zdjęcia obiektów, opatrzone krótkimi opisami, powstałymi na bazie wspomnień fundatorów i przedstawicieli lokalnej społeczności. W artykule, na przykładzie właśnie tego projektu, przedstawiono wybrane problemy badań nad historią lokalną na podstawie przekazów świadków. Wykazano zarówno zalety takich działań (aktywizacja lokalnych społeczności, wzbudzanie zainteresowania wiedzą o przeszłości, wzbudzanie dialogu społecznego), jak i niebezpieczeństw, które mogą się z tym wiązać (nadużycia, zawłaszczanie opowieści).
The characteristics of the surnames of Piotrków Trybunalski's inhabitants Keywords: anthroponymy, the region history, dialectology. Słowa kluczowe: antroponimia, historia regionu, dialektologia. The characteristics of Piotrków inhabitants' surnames from the chronological period of the 16th-20th cen-turies was made on the historical-social background of the town, using chrony as an interpretative method. The analysis of the anthroponyms let me identify some typical naming features of the region. The most im-portant of these are: numerous surnames deriving from the names of jobs, distinctive structural onimical forms in particular phases of the development of Piotrków inhabitants' anthroponymy, relatively late mod-elling of suffix -ski and -k-, the influence of phonetics, dialectal lexis and probably dialectal word-formation on shaping Piotrków inhabitants' onyms as well the genetic diversity of the 19th and early 20th-century anthroponymy based on Polish and foreign language morphological systems.
The author conducted interviews with regional artists from Sułoszowa (Lesser Poland) and sur-rounding areas, and also examined the archives collected by them, to in this short essay invite readers to read the story of little-known folk groups. The research carried out by her is a re-sponse to the needs of these creators and promoters of culture associated with the Sułoszowa municipality who, aware of the increasing difficulty of finding successors of folk traditions, are waiting for signs of any ingenuity able to save their achievements from oblivion.
Many untrue hypotheses and information appeared around the “alleged” witchcraft trial in Doruchow in the second half of the 18th century, which resulted in the death of sever-al women. The text introduces a new category of sources: vital records registers and consistory records, which proved to be valuable material not only confirming the event itself, but also revealing the initiators of the trial, defendants, and witnesses.
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