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Presenter: Magdalena Mizgalska-Osowiecka

Czestochowa is widely known as a spiritual capital of Poland. Each year, thousands of pilgrims from all across the world visit the city. Prior to World War II, Jews constituted 20% of the city population and they engaged actively in the city life. My paper will focus on three elections to the City Council. I will present the preserved inventories of Czestochowa citizens who held the right to vote and will discuss what information we can gain from them. Such inventories are a precious source for genealogical research, when used with the data from registry offices, address books, obituaries, etc. I will also explain where and how to search for materials related to City Council elections.