LTLietuvos mažųjų magdeburginių miestų magistratų išlikusios aktų knygos nepaskelbtos, miestiečių kasdienio gyvenimo klausimai beveik nenagrinėti (paskelbtas tik nedidelis straipsnelis, skirtas Alytui, ir pateikta šiek tiek žinių apie miestiečių sodybas XVIII a.). Šiame straipsnyje bandome aptarti kai kuriuos Joniškio kasdienio gyvenimo klausimus. [p. 31].
ENThe problems of the daily life of the townsfolk of Joniškis such as: the inhabitants' assembly and its solutions, the election of the officials, relations between the town and the country, contacts with other towns, marriage and property brought into marriage (trousseau and dowry), the contents of the testaments of the townsmen, buildings, fires and fire-prevention, the debts of inhabitants, prices at that particular time and other problems have been discussed in this report, according to the 18th-century books of entries of the magistrate of Joniškis. The conclusion is that daily life of the townsfolk of Joniškis was nard, nevertheless the juridical culture of the whole state as well as the town of Joniškis made every citizen obey the law; even the smallest ownership or juridical relations were officially registered. Every town dweller could consider himself a citizen of a state governed by law.