This is a problem that others share with you, and there are some older threads that give suggestions such as taking notes, drawing family trees, etc. Try using the search function (upper right of the page), entering Silmarillion and seeing what comes up. Since newcomers to Tolkien's books might appreciate these answers, I'm moving this thread to the Novices and Newcomers forum. Please continue the discussion there.
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth.. .'
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