Sources-Rhode Island

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Location: Rhode Island, United States
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Contents 1 Sources For The State of Rhode Island 1.1 Civil War 1.2 External Links 1.3 Rhode Island Genealogy Journals

Sources For The State of Rhode Island

- Guide to the public vital statistics records, births, marriages, deaths, in the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

- Bibliography of Rhode Island. A catalogue of books and other publications relating to the state of Rhode Island

• Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., Providence, RI, 1891)
• Space:1782_Rhode_Island_Census
• Austin, John Osborne. Ancestry of Thirty-Three Rhode Islanders (J. Munsell's Sons, 1889)
• Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (1887)
• Greene, George Washington. A Short History of Rhode Island (J.A. & R.A. Reid, Providence, Rhode Island, 1877)
• Bartlett, John Russell. 1774 Census of the Inhabitants of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Knowles, Anthony & Co., Providence, 1858)
• Rhode Island Court Records (Providence, 1920-1922)
• Bicknell, Thomas. The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (The American Historical Society, Inc., New York, 1920)
• Arnold, Samuel Greene. History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1859)
• Cady, John Hutchins. Rhode Island Boundaries 1636-1936 (State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Rhode Island Tercentenary Commission, 1936)
• Chapin, Howard. Documentary History of Rhode Island (Preston and Rounds Co., Providence, 1916)
• First Record Book of the Society of Colonial Dames in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Snow & Farnham, Providence, 1897)
• Gorton, Adelos. The Life and Times of Samuel Gorton (Philadelphia, 1907)
• Hopkins, Charles. The Home Lots of the Early Settlers of the Providence Plantations (Providence Press Co., Providence, R.I., 1886)
• Pease, John Chauncey & Niles, John Milton. A Gazetteer of the States of Connecticut and Rhode-Island (William S. Marsh, 1819)
• Peirce, Ebenezer Weaver. Peirce's Colonial Lists (A. Williams & Co. Boston, 1881)
• Publications of the Rhode Island Historical Society (Standard Printing Co., Providence, 1893-1900)
• Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island (J. H. Beers & Co., 1908)
• Rhode Island Genealogical Register (Alden G. Beaman, Princeton, Mass., 1978-1996)
• Rhode Island Historical Tracts (Sidney S. Rider, Providence, 1877-)
• Rhode Island Public Notary and Land Records, eight manuscript volumes held at the Rhode Island State Archives
• Rhode Island Historical Society Collections (Rhode Island Historical Society, 1827-)
• Rhode Island History (Rhode Island Historical Society, 1942-2010)
• Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England (1856-1865)
• Scott, Kenneth. Counterfeiting in Colonial Rhode Island (Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, Rhode Island, 1960)
• Smith, Joseph Jencks. Civil and Military List of Rhode Island (Preston and Rounds Co., Providence, R.I., 1900)
• The Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth (E. L. Freeman & Sons, Providence, R. I., 1901)
• The Narragansett Historical Register (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., Providence, 1882-)
• The Rhode Island Historical Magazine (Newport Historical Pub. Co., 1882)
• Third Record Book of the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
• Worthington, Dorothy. Rhode Island Land Evidences, abstracts (Providence, RI, 1921)
• Block Island: Livermore, Samuel A History of Block Island (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Ct, 1877)
• Block Island: Harris, Edward Doubleday. A Copy of The Old Epitaphs in The Burying Ground of Block-Island, R.I. (John Wilson & Son, Cambridge, Mass., 1883)
• Bristol: Census of Bristol in Plymouth Colony, now in Rhode Island, 1689
• Bristol: Munro, Wilfred. The History of Bristol, R.I. (J.A. & R.A. Reid, Providence, 1881)
• Bristol: Sherman, Ruth Wilder. Bristol, Rhode Island, Church Records, The American Genealogist (Barrington, RI)

• (1993) Vol. 68, Page 184-5
• (1993) Vol. 68, Page 249-50
• (1994) Vol. 69, Page 55-6
• (1994) Vol. 69, Page 119-20
• (1994) Vol. 69, Page 186-7
• (1994) Vol. 69, Page 247-8
• (1995) Vol. 70, Page 55-56

• East Greenwich: Greene, Daniel Howland. History of The Town of East Greenwich and Adjacent Territory, from 1677 to 1877 (J.A. & R.A. Reid, Providence, Rhode Island, 1877)
• Narragansett: Updike, Wilkins. A History of The Episcopal Church in Narragansett, Rhode Island (Merrymount Press, Boston, 1907)
• Narragansett: Arnold, James Newell. The Records of The Proprietors of The Narragansett (Narragansett Hist. Pub. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1894)
• Newport: Bulletin of the Newport Historical Society (The Society, Newport, R.I., 1912-)
• Newport: Mason, George. Annals of Trinity Church, Newport, Rhode Island (George C. Mason, Newport, RI, 1890)
• Newport: The Newport Historical Magazine (Newport Historical Pub. Co., 1882)
• Newport: Miller, Paul F. Lost Newport: Vanished Cottages of the Resort Era (J.J. Little & Co., Astor Place, New York, 1889)
• Newport: Nicholas, Arthur Howard. Bells of Trinity Church, Newport, R.I., NEHGR (1916) Vol. 70, Page 147-50.
• Newport: Births and Deaths in Newport, R.I., 1760-1764, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass.)
  • (1908) Vol. 62, Page 283-91, Page 352-63.
  • (1909) Vol. 63, Page 51-8
• Newport: Franklin, Hon. Robert S., Newport Cemeteries, Bulletin of the Newport Historical Society (The Society, Newport, R.I., 1913) No. 10, Page 3-45.
• Providence: The Early Records of the Town of Providence (1892-)
• Providence: Old Providence, A Collection of Facts and Traditions Relating to Various Buildings and Sites of Historic Interest in Providence (Merchants National Bank of Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, 1918)
• Providence: Snow, Edwin. Alphabetical Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths, Recorded in Providence (Sidney S. Rider, Providence, 1879-)
• Warren: Slade, Mrs. Susan E., Inscriptions in Kickemuit Cemetery, Warren, R.I., NEHGR (1916) Vol. 70, Page 24-33
• Warwick: The Early Records of the Town of Warwick (E.A. Johnson Co., Providence, R.I., 1926)
• Westerly: Denison, Frederic. Westerly (Rhode Island) and Its Witnesses (J.A. & R.A. Reid, Providence, RI, 1878)
• AmericanAncestors Town Guides: Rhode Island - external link

Civil War

• Compiled Records Showing Service Of Military Units In Volunteer Union Organizations

• Reel 0186:
• Reel 0187: Second Infantry, Fourth Infantry, Seventh Infantry, Ninth Infantry through Twelfth Infantry Independent Co. A, Hospital Guards.

External Links

• Less Obvious Sources for Research in Rhode Island
• Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission: Search Graves by name.
• https://sosri.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/deliverableUnit_da0923e5-2fef-4735-9d9b-44b405dc0bce/

Rhode Island Genealogy Journals

• Rhode Island Roots is published quarterly by the Rhode Island Genealogical Society. "It features many Rhode Island records, such as cemetery and tax lists, General Assembly petitions, civil and military records, and genealogical articles -- all focusing on Rhode Island families. Other features include articles about Rhode Islanders in other state census records, queries and a list of RI research volunteers. The authors include well-known genealogists as well as RIGS members with stories of their own families to tell."
  • Indexed by AmericanAncestors.org.

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