On 7/10/2012 11:07 AM, Charani wrote: > Dee Ziegler wrote: >> Hello to the list. Many people regard family history and genealogy >> as similar efforts. May I add another to the mix? <grin> >> Prosopography. > > I had to look that one up! <G> > > It looks pretty heavy weight and involved but very interesting. Would > I had the time to study it in depth. > > There's also another one: onomastics or the study of names. > >> All good efforts. I admire people who do one-name studies. > > It can be very time consuming initially though. > > If you've a family who've long lived in one town or village, doing a > One Place Study is fascinating, a lot of work though and it can't be > detailed in Legacy. It can also make for a very complex tree where > families are marrying into one another. > >> "Name collectors" as Ron describes them, do everyone a disservice. > > Yep >
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