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The article discusses Polish researches of old Polish press (until 1864). Main research fields, participants and their texts, as well as changes in the corps being surveyed which have taken place for last 65 years were presented. The output of the years 1945-2009 was analysed accurately, as well as selected works from before the WW2, including analysis of citation taken from the author’s base Polish Media Historiography Citation Index. Auxiliary also publishing statistics, and specialist research texts were surveyed.