While you're in the middle of doing your genealogy research, you may come across sites that mention the word: prosopography.
Trying to pronouce it may be harder than understanding what it means. Prosopography is studying a group of people, like a collective biography -- for example, the founders of the United States.
As dictionary.com describes it: noun, plural pros·o·pog·ra·phies.
- a study of a collection of persons or characters, especially their appearances, careers, personalities, etc., within a historical, literary, or social context. - a description of a person's appearance, career, personality, etc.
See Wikipedia's description at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopography
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