How Do you Deal with the Plethora of Names When Writing Stories from Family History?

At my Great Aunt Resi’s for New Year’s Eve, early 1940s, Czechoslovakia (This picture is from my memoir Jumping Over Shadows.)

When you write a story from family history, the cast of characters can be quite large. This can be confusing to the reader.

So the issue of how to handle all those names within the text can be a challenge for writers of family memoirs.

First of all, you need to make sure your reader can easily follow the narrative.

It should always be clear who the characters are. Provid...