| TABLE OF CONTENTS | THE THORNY TRAIL - FALL | 1992 Vol. XXI No.1 |
| SOCIETY RECORDS | ||
| Officers | 1 | |
| Membership | 3 | |
| Societies and Libraries | 11 | |
| MIDLAND COUNTY RECORDS | ||
| Map of the Town of Midland, Tom Green County, Texas | 16 | |
| The Search for Ancestors In The Oil Fields | 18 | |
| FEATURE ARTICLES | ||
| Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library & Hall of Fame | 25 | |
| OLD LETTERS | ||
| William R. Jones to Mary F. Jones | 27 | |
| Sergeant Lawson to John Lawson | 30 | |
| FAMILY RECORDS | ||
| Six Generation Chart: Eleanor A. Smith | 31 | |
| Six Generation Chart: William Westbrook Smith | 33 | |
| Six Generation Chart: Robert J. Cowan | 35 | |
| QUANDRY QUARTER | 37 | |
| INDEX | 38 |