| TABLE OF CONTENTS | The Thorny Trail - Vol. XXXI | No. 1 & 2 |
| The Thorny Trail | ||
| The Thorny Trail | 2002/2003 | |
| Editor | Table of Contents | |
| Betty K. Edgar | Midland Genealogical Society | 5 |
| Officers and Calendar | 7 | |
| Death Records | Necrologies | 8 |
| Extracted | Membership Roster | 11 |
| by | ||
| Ann Auburg | Items of Genealogical Interest | 4 |
| Scharbauer-Cowden Wedding | 17 | |
| Material for publication in The | NGS Standards | 19 |
| Thorny Trail is solicited from | Book Reviews | 25 |
| members and non-members. | Query Quarter | 29 |
| All original material submitted | Previously Published Records | 31 |
| for publication must be fully | ||
| documented. | Midland County Death Records | 33 |
| Introduction | 34 | |
| The Midland Genealogical | Death Records Index | 49 |
| Society reserves the right to | ||
| accept or reject any material | Midland County Deed Book III | 53 |
| submitted for publication and | Introduction | 54 |
| to edit as deemed necessary. | Deed Book Index | 85 |
| include a SASE for any | ||
| material to be returned. | Surname Index | 89 |
| Neither the Society nor the | ||
| publications staff assumes re- | ||
| sponsibility for errors of fact or | Special Acknowledgments | |
| opinion made by contributors. | Nancy McKinley, Midland Historical Museum | |
| Similarly, neither the Society | ||
| nor the staff assumes re- | ||
| sponsiblitty for the publication | ||
| rights of material submitted by | ||
| contributors, although every | ||
| effort will be made to present | ||
| correct information and to | ||
| observe copyright rules and | ||
| laws. | ||
| Distribution is by bulk mail. | ||
| Recipients are responsible for | ||
| keeping addresses current | ||
| with the Treasurer. | ||
| For additional copies, write to | ||
| the Midland Genealogical | ||
| Society, 301 W. Missouri, | ||
| Midland, TX 79701. | ||
| Some back issues are available. | ||