Records of the Poor: Possibilities for Using the Database of Beneficiaries of the Polish Ladies’ Charitable Society in Poznań in Research on the City’s Impoverished Residents

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The article presents an overview of an online database based on the “poverty files”, two sets of 19th-century documents concerning individuals who applied for aid from the Polish Ladies’ Charitable Society in Poznań, mainly between 1845 and 1853. Preserved in the Kórnik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, these sources provide rare insight into the lives of the poorest social strata during the Partitions. The database records names, addresses, marital status, family circumstances, and types of aid received, enabling both quantitative and qualitative research. The article presents sample analyses using these data, including a Venn diagram. Due to the unique nature and scholarly value of the material, the database serves as a significant resource for research in social history, the history of charity, history of menality and 19th-century economic and medical history.

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the poor, 19th century, database, Poznań, Prussian Partition, charity, Polish Ladies’ Charitable Society in Poznań



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Roczniki Humanistyczne · ISSN 0035-7707 | eISSN 2544-5200 | DOI: 10.18290/rh
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