| TABLE OF CONTENTS THE THORNY TRAIL SUMMER - FALL 1981 Vol. X No. 1 | ||
| SOCIETY RECORDS | PAGE | |
| Midland Genealogical Society Officers | 1 | |
| Programs of the Midland Genealogical Society | 1 | |
| Midland Genealogical Society Membership List for 1980-1981 | 2 | |
| THE THORNY TRAIL Exchange With Other Genealogical Societies | 5 | |
| THE THORNY TRAIL Placed in Other Libraries | 8 | |
| Necrology - Dr. Solon Patrick Crain | 8 | |
| Six-Generation Tables | ||
| Thomas J. Friday | 9 | |
| Sarah V. Harris | 9 | |
| Mrs. E. M. (Sue) Gorence | 10 | |
| Ruth Bock | 11 | |
| M. J. "Jack" England's Great grandfather | 12 | |
| Mrs. George (Helena) Grant | 12 | |
| Re: Obituaries | 13 | |
| MIDLAND COUNTY, TEXAS RECORDS | ||
| Registered Cattle Brands | 15 | |
| 1928 Newspaper Article Regarding the Telephone Company | 16 | |
| CHURCH RECORDS | ||
| St. Joseph's Catholic Church-Stanton, Texas, Early Records | 17 | |
| BIBLE RECORDS | ||
| Vandervoort Family Bible | 45 | |
| LETTERS | ||
| Two Letters To Miss Bortzfield | 46 | |
| FAMILY RECORDS AND SKETCHES | ||
| Phillip Dale Roddey | 48 | |
| QUANDRY QUARTER | ||
| Queries | 49 | |
| BOOK REVIEW | ||
| "The Bateman Connection" | 51 | |
| INDEX | 52 |