| TABLE OF CONTENTS | THE THORNY TRAIL SUMMER-FALL | 1985 Vol. XIV No.1 |
| SOCIETY RECORDS | Page | |
| Dedication Page | 1 | |
| Society Officers 1985-86 | 2 | |
| Society Membership-, 1985-86 | 11-14 | |
| Yesterday and Today | 15 | |
| Exchange Societies and Libraries | 16-20 | |
| Six-Generation Chart Glenda Davis Dye | 28 | |
| MIDLAND COUNTY, TEXAS RECORDS | ||
| Churches | 4,5 | |
| Marriages | 6-10 | |
| Schools | 22 | |
| Early History | 25-27 | |
| FAMILY RECORDS | ||
| Wilson Bible | 21 | |
| Family Relationships Chart | 3 | |
| Trinity County Star News | 20 | |
| The Marriage Ceremony | 24 | |
| Footprints of Archibald Thompson | 30-32 | |
| 1900 Galveston Hurricane | 33 | |
| GENERAL | ||
| What is a Genealogist? | 23 | |
| Penmanship of Early Census Enumerators | 29 | |
| QUANDRY QUARTER | ||
| Queries | 34 | |
| INDEX | 35-40 |