B. 1949; MA 1972, University of Warsaw; PhD 1979 (also UW). Has worked at the Institute of History, University of Warsaw, since 1972, first as intern lecturer, then as assistant lecturer, senior assistant lecturer and assistant professor since 1979 (part-time since 1991). Academic secretary of the IH UW and secretary of the IH UW Advisory Board 1980-1981. Director of the Centre of Archive Information at the Head Office of the State Archives 1991-2000; Deputy General Director of the State Archives 1993-1997; Director of the Head Office of the State Archives since 1997.
- Teksty źródłowe do nauk pomocniczych historii, Warszawa 1983 (co-editor);
- Cmentarz Powązkowski w Warszawie. Materiały inwentaryzacyjne, vol. 1-3, Warszawa 1981-1995 (co-editor);
- Dziewiętnastowieczne napisy epigraficzne na ziemiach Królestwa Polskiego, Wrocław 1987;
- Inskrypcje grobów polskich na cmentarzach w Paryżu, vol. 1-3, Warszawa 1986-1991 (ed. and co-editor);
- Archiwa państwowe w Polsce. Przewodnik po zasobach, Warszawa 1998 (co-editor);
- Polacy pochowani na cmentarzu Montmartre oraz Saint-Vincent i Batignolles w Paryżu, Warszawa 1999 (co-editor and co-author).