| TABLE OF CONTENTS | THE THORNY TRAIL - FALL | 1988 Vol. XVII No.1 |
| SOCIETY RECORDS | Page | |
| Officers, Members and Exchanges | 1 | |
| MIDLAND RECORDS | ||
| One Hundred and Nine Bankers of the | ||
| Permian Basin by Albert E. Baze | 12 | |
| The Archives Center-Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, | ||
| Library, and Hall of Fame | 20 | |
| FEATURE ITEMS | ||
| Disability Compensation | 18 | |
| Guardianship Appointment - Lucy F. Brooks | 23 | |
| Bill of Sale: for one hundred twenty pounds sterling | ||
| a barke by name the Mayflower | 25 | |
| Reminiscenses of a Frontier Minister - J. A. Lincoln | 32 | |
| ANNOUNCEMENTS | ||
| A Time Saver If There Ever Was One | 17 | |
| Capsule Histories for Sale | 24 | |
| Family History Center, Midland, TX | 38 | |
| FAMILY RECORDS | ||
| Denton-Klapproth Family Bible Records | 30 | |
| Six Generation Charts | 40 | |
| Lincoln Family Group 5heets | 46 | |
| BOOK REVIEWS | ||
| Kerr County, Texas Death Records 1903 -1960 | ||
| Gloria Clitton Dozier, compiler | 44 | |
| Wartenbe Genealogy, Mary Ester Ford, compiler | 45 | |
| Looking Back at the Cervenka and Machu Family, | ||
| by Joan Cervenka Cobb | 45 | |
| QUANDRY QUARTERS | Queries | 48 |
| INDEX | 54 |