Rhode Island Statewide Genealogy
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Birth Records
Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1878-1914 Family SearchUnited States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931 Family Search
Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (includes vital records, wills, church records, and newspaper abstracts) NEHGS
Vital records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, first series, births, marriages and deaths : a family register for the people
Cemetery Records
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary PatriotsNational Cemetery Administration, Veterans Affairs ca. 1775 to 2008 Archives
Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950 Family Search
Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Database Index (many cemeteries throughout Rhode Island) NEHGS
Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Database Index (many cemeteries throughout Rhode Island) (index only)
Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Gravestone Pictures (many cemeteries and monuments throughout Rhode Island)
U.S. Cemetery Records 1847 - 2010 Archives
U.S. Military Burial Registers, 1768-1921
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961 Family Search
Veterans Burial Records Archives
Census Records
Rhode Island Census, 1740-1890Rhode Island Freemen, 1747 - 1755: A Census of Registered Voters
Rhode Island Census, 1774
The Rhode Island 1777 Military Census
All census 1790 U.S. Census Transcription
1790 United States Federal Census
1790 Census of Rhode Island U.S. Census Bureau
1790 Census of Rhode Island
Rhode Island Federal Census, 1790
1790 U.S. Census Records Archives
Vitelli Soundex of the U.S. Census
1790-1930 U.S. Federal Census
1790-1930 Federal Census
1790-1930 United States Federal Census Archives
All census 1800 U.S. Census Images
1800 United States Federal Census
1800 U.S. Census Records Archives
All census 1810 U.S. Census Images
1810 United States Federal Census
1810 U.S. Census Records Archives
All census 1820 U.S. Census Images
1820 United States Federal Census
1820 U.S. Census Records Archives
All census 1830 U.S. Census Images
1830 United States Federal Census
1830 U.S. Census Records Archives
All census 1840 U.S. Census Images
1840 United States Federal Census
1840 Census of Pensioners A-L US Gen Net
1840 Census of Pensioners M-Z US Gen Net
1840 U.S. Census Records Archives
Revolutionary War Pensioner Census, 1841
All census 1850 U.S. Census Images
1850 United States Federal Census
1850 U.S. Census Records Archives
1850 United States Census Family Search
U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880
1850-1930 U.S. Federal Census Family Search
All census 1860 U.S. Census Images
1860 United States Federal Census
1860 U.S. Census Records Archives
1860 U.S. Federal Census Index 1860 Archives
1860 United States Census Family Search
All census 1870 U.S. Census Images
1870 United States Federal Census
1870 U.S. Census Records Archives
1870 United States Census Family Search
All census 1880 U.S. Census Images
1880 United States Federal Census
1880 U.S. Census Records Archives
1880 United States Census Family Search
1885 Rhode Island, State Census Family Search
All census 1890 U.S. Census Images
1890 United States, Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War Family Search
1890 Veterans Schedules
All census 1900 U.S. Census Images
1900 United States Federal Census
1900 U.S. Census Records Archives
1900 U.S. Federal Census Index 1900 Archives
1900 United States Census Family Search
1905 Rhode Island, State Census Family Search
All census 1910 U.S. Census Images
1910 United States Federal Census
1910 U.S. Census Records Archives
1910 U.S. Federal Census Index 1910 Archives
1910 United States Census Family Search
1915 Rhode Island State Census Family Search
All census 1920 U.S. Census Images
1920 United States Federal Census
1920 U.S. Federal Census Index 1920 Archives
1920 United States Census Family Search
1925 Rhode Island State Census Family Search
1930 United States Federal Census
1930 Census of Merchant Seamen
1930 U.S. Federal Census Index 1930 Archives
1930 US Census Index
1930 United States Census Family Search
1935 Rhode Island, State Census Family Search
Census - US Federal 1860
Census - US Federal 1930
Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940
Church Records
An account of the churches in Rhode IslandDirectory of churches and religious organizations of Rhode Island
Presbyterian Ministerial Directory 1898
Protestant Episcopal Church Clerical Directory, 1898
Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1878-1914 Family Search
The Catholic Church in Rhode Island
United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931 Family Search
Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (includes vital records, wills, church records, and newspaper abstracts) NEHGS
Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636 - 1850, Volume X: Town and Church
Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636 - 1850, Volume XI: Church Records
Vital Records of Rhode Island,1636-1850, Vol. VIII: Episcopal and Congregational
Vital Records of Rhode Island,1636-1850, Vol. VIII: Episcopal and Congregational
Death Records
American Soldiers of World War IKorean Casualty, National Military Personnel Records 1950 - 1953 Archives
Korean Conflict Casualty File 1950 - 1957 Archives
Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957
Military Personnel Who Died During the Vietnam War 1956 - 2003 Archives
Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950 Family Search
Rhode Island residents casualties during the Korean Conflict Distant Cousin
Rhode Island residents who died as a result of the Vietnam War Distant Cousin
Social Security Death Index
Social Security Death Index
Social Security Death Index 1937 to 2011 Archives
Southeast Asia Combat Area Casualties 1956 to 1998 Archives
U.S. Army Casualty Records 1961 - 1981 Archives
U.S. Naval Deaths, World War I
U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
U.S. Social Security Death Index Family Search
United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961 Family Search
Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998
Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (includes vital records, wills, church records, and newspaper abstracts) NEHGS
Vital records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, first series, births, marriages and deaths : a family register for the people
Directories
City Directories, 1890 Census SubstituteLiving People Records Archives
Rhode Island City Directories
Rhode Island City Directories
Rhode Island City Directories
U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002
Genealogies
A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England before 1692 US Gen NetAmerican Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700
Colonial Families in the U.S.
Complete American Armoury & Blue Book, 1903-23 (armorial bearings of families with lines of descent)
Daughters Of The American Revolution Databases
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.)
Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers
Genealogical notes of New York and New England families
Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. I
Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. II
Genealogy And Family History Digitized Book Collection Databases
Index of the Rolls of Honor (Ancestor's Index) in the Lineage Books of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. I
Index of the Rolls of Honor (Ancestor's Index) in the Lineage Books of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. II
Index of the Rolls of Honor (Ancestor's Index) in the Lineage Books of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. III
Index of the Rolls of Honor (Ancestor's Index) in the Lineage Books of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. IV
Memoir concerning the French settlements and French settlers in the colony of Rhode Island
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial
Rare Genealogical And Historical Digitized Book Collection Databases
Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, Vol. 3
Sons of the American Revolution
The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island
Historical Records
Rhode Island Freemen, 1747 - 1755: A Census of Registered VotersA Gazetteer of Connecticut and Rhode Island
A List of Emigrants from England to America, 1682-1692
A List of Emigrants from England to America, 1718-1759
A biographical dictionary : containing a brief account of the first settlers, and other eminent characters among the magistrate
Additions and corrections to the first series of Rhode Island historical tracts : with an index to the same.
American Biographical Library
American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
American Migrations 1765-1799
American Wills Proved in London, 1611–1775
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005
Biographical Sketches of the Union Army Commanding Officers
Biographical encyclopaedia of Connecticut and Rhode Island of the nineteenth century
Biographies of Notable Americans, 1904
Bonded Passengers to America (9 vols. In 3)
Denizations and Naturalizations in the British Colonies in America, 1607-1775
Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775
Documentary History of Rhode Island
Emigrants from England to the American Colonies, 1773-1776
English Origins of American Colonists
Gazetteer of the States of Connecticut and Rhode Island
Genealogy And Family History Digitized Book Collection Databases
Germans to America Passenger Data File 1850 to 1897 Archives
Great Migration Begins Index: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33
Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Vols. I-III NEGHS
Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume I, A-B NEGHS
Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F NEGHS
Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H NEGHS
Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L NEGHS
Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P NEGHS
Important Men of 1913
Index to U.S. Invalid Pension Records, 1801-1815
Irish to America Passenger Data File 1846 - 1851 Archives
Italians to America Passenger Data File 1855 to 1900 Archives
List of Presidents and Governors of Rhode Island
List of School Officers and Teachers in Public Schools 1894-1895
List of Soldiers & Sailors from Rhode Island in King George's War Jane Devlin
Loyalists in the American Revolution: Miscellaneous Records
Men of progress : biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island
Naturalizations in America and the West Indies, 1740-1782
New England Captives' Stories
New England History
New England Immigrants, 1700-75
New index to the civil and military lists of Rhode Island
Officers, boards and commissions of Rhode Island
Passenger Arrivals in the U.S., 1819-20
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Passengers from Ireland, List of Passengers Arriving at American Ports Between 1811 and 1817
Passport Applications, 1795-1905
Peirce's Colonial Lists: Civil Military & Professional Lists of Plymouth & R.I. Colonies, 1621-1700
Pension List of 1820
Rare Genealogical And Historical Digitized Book Collection Databases
Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, Vol. 3
Rhode Island Freemen, 1747-1755
Rhode Island Passenger Lists
Rhode Island Pensioners, 1835
Rhode Island Records 1663-1677
Rhode Island State Reformatory for Women, 1930 Index of Prisoners Black Sheep Ancestors
Rhode Island boundaries : 1636-1936
Rhode Island privateers in King George's war
Russians to America Passenger Data File 1834 to 1897 Archives
Scots-Irish: The Scot in North Britain, North Ireland and North America, Vol. 2
Ships from Ireland to Early America, 1623-1850. Vol. II
Ships from Scotland to America, 1628-1828
Ships from Scotland to America, 1628-1828. Vol. III
State Reform Schools, School Report of 1895 (lists of teachers)
The American Jewish year book, 5663 : October 2, 1902 to September 21, 1903
The History of Rhode Island Kindred Trails
The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
The Original Scots Colonists of Early America, 1612 - 1783
The Pension Lists of 1792-1795
The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. I
The Scotch-Irish in America
U.S. House of Representative Private Claims, Vol. 1
U.S. House of Representative Private Claims, Vol. 2
U.S. House of Representative Private Claims, Vol. 3
U.S. Naturalization Records and Petitions 1700 to 1940 Archives
U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872
US Book Collection Databases
United States, Index to Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic and Gulf Ports, 1820-1874 Family Search
United States, New England Naturalization Index, 1791-1906 Family Search
Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636 - 1850, Volume X: Town and Church
World War II Army Enlistment
Land Records
Revolutionary War Land Grants ArchivesMarriage Records
Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916 Family SearchUnited States Marriages, 1733-1990 Family Search
Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (includes vital records, wills, church records, and newspaper abstracts) NEHGS
Vital records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, first series, births, marriages and deaths : a family register for the people
Military Records
1890 United States, Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War Family SearchA List of Rhode Island Soldiers & Sailors in King George's War 1740-1748
New Civil War Research Database at Ancestry
American Revolutionary War Rejected Pensions
Army Casualties 1956 - 2003
Awards and Decorations System File 1965 to 1972 Archives
Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865
Civil War Sailors Records 1862 - 1865 Archives
Civil War Widows' Pensions
Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index
Civil and Military List of Rhode Island, 1647 – 1800 (Revolutionary War)
Daughters Of The American Revolution Databases
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.)
Death Seem'd to Stare: The New Hampshire and Rhode Island Regiments at Valley Forge
Death Seem'd to Stare: The New Hampshire and Rhode Island Regiments at Valley Forge
Final Payment Vouchers Index for Military Pensions, 1818-1864
Final Statements, 1862-1899
Free Negro Heads of Families in the United States in 1830 NEGHS
Japanese-American Internee Data File 1942 to 1946 Archives
Korean Casualty, National Military Personnel Records 1950 - 1953 Archives
Korean Conflict Casualty File 1950 - 1957 Archives
Korean War Casualties
Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957
Korean War Data File of American Prisoners of War 1950 to 1953 Archives
Korean War Prisoners of War, 1950-1954
List of Slaves Enlisted in the Continental Army, 1778
List of Soldiers & Sailors from Rhode Island in King George's War Jane Devlin
Mariners of the American Revolution
Mexican War Soldiers 1846 to 1848 Archives
Military Personnel Who Died During the Vietnam War 1956 - 2003 Archives
Missing Air Crew Reports, WWII
Muster and Pay Rolls of the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783: Miscellaneous Records
National Cemetery Administration, Veterans Affairs ca. 1775 to 2008 Archives
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Naturalization Index - WWI Soldiers (1918)
Naval Group China Muster Roll and Punch Cards 1942 to 1945 Archives
Naval Pensioners of the United States
Navy Survivors' Certificates
Navy Widows' Certificates
New index to the civil and military lists of Rhode Island
Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900
Peirce's Colonial Lists: Civil Military & Professional Lists of Plymouth & R.I. Colonies, 1621-1700
Pensioners of the Revolutionary War--Struck Off the Roll
Records of the Revolutionary War
Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions
Repatriated Korean Conflict Prisoners of War 1950 to 1954 Archives
Revolutionary Pensioners
Revolutionary Pensioners of 1818
Revolutionary War Courts-Martial
Revolutionary War Land Grants Archives
Revolutionary War Officers
Revolutionary War Pension Applications Archives
Revolutionary War Pension Index
Revolutionary War Pensions
Revolutionary War Rolls
Revolutionary War Service Records
Revolutionary War Service and Imprisonment Cards
Rhode Island Colonial War Servicemen, 1740-62
Rhode Island Masons in The World War 1914-1918 Genealogy Today
Rhode Island in the colonial wars : a list of Rhode Island soldiers & sailors in King George's war, 1740-1748
Rhode Island residents casualties during the Korean Conflict Distant Cousin
Rhode Island residents who died as a result of the Vietnam War Distant Cousin
Sons of the American Revolution
Southeast Asia Combat Area Casualties 1956 to 1998 Archives
Spirit of '76 in Rhode Island
The Muster rolls of three companies enlisted by the colony of Rhode Island in May, 1746
The Roster of the General Society of the War of 1812
U.S. Army Casualty Records 1961 - 1981 Archives
U.S. Army Historical Register, 1789-1903, Vol. 1
U.S. Army Historical Register, 1789-1903, Vol. 2
U.S. Army Personnel and Dependent Casualties, 1961-1981
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
U.S. Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940
U.S. Military Records, 1925: Official National Guard Register
U.S. Military: Great White Fleet (Atlantic Fleet bound for the Pacific, 16 December 1907)
U.S. Navy And Marine Registers Databases
U.S. Revolutionary War Pension Applications 1800 to 1900 Archives
U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
U.S. World War I Mothers' Pilgrimage, 1930
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
United States, Civil War Soldiers Index Family Search
United States, Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files Family Search
United States, Civil War and Later Pension Files, 1861-1917 Family Search
United States, General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Family Search
United States, Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office, 1889-1904 Family Search
United States, Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918 Family Search
United States, Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891 Family Search
United States, Navy Widows' Certificates, 1861-19105 Family Search
United States, Revolutionary War Compiled Service Records, 1775-1783 Family Search
United States, Union Provost Marshal Files of Individual Civilians, 1861-1866 Family Search
United States, Union Provost Marshal Files of Two or More Civilians,1861-1866 Family Search
United States, Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933 Family Search
United States, War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910 Family Search
United States, War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815 Family Search
United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Family Search
Veterans Burial Records Archives
Vietnam Casualties 1956-1998
Vietnam Service Awards
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Vietnam War, Awards and Decorations of Honor, 1965-1972
Vietnam War, Casualties Returned Alive, 1962-1979
Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998
Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Vol. XII: Revolutionary Rolls and Newspapers
WWI Civilian Draft Registrations
WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings
WWII U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Muster Rolls, 1939-1949
War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815
War of 1812 Pension Files
War of 1812 Veterans 1812 to 1815 Archives
War of 1812, Prisoner of War Records, 1812-1815
War of the Rebellion
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
World War II Army Enlistment Records 1938 to 1946 Archives
World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945
World War II Prisoners of Japanese
World War II Prisoners of War 1941 - 1946
World War II Prisoners of War Data File 1941 to 1946 Archives
World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946
World War II Prisoners of the Japanese Records 1941 to 1945 Archives
World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
Newspapers
Historic Newspaper Pages 1860 to 1922 ArchivesNewspapers of Rhode Island
U.S. Newspaper Obituaries Archives
U.S. Newspaper Sources 2004 to 2009 Archives
U.S. Revolutionary War Naval Pensioners' Receipts, 1829-1832 NEGHS
United States Obituary Collection
Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (includes vital records, wills, church records, and newspaper abstracts) NEHGS
Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Vol. XII: Revolutionary Rolls and Newspapers
Obituaries
American Biographical NotesNewspapers of Rhode Island
U.S. Funeral Home Obituaries 2004 to 2009 Archives
U.S. Newspaper Obituaries Archives
United States Obituary Collection
Probate Records
Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (includes vital records, wills, church records, and newspaper abstracts) NEHGSVital Records
American Soldiers of World War IKorean Casualty, National Military Personnel Records 1950 - 1953 Archives
Korean Conflict Casualty File 1950 - 1957 Archives
Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957
Military Personnel Who Died During the Vietnam War 1956 - 2003 Archives
Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1878-1914 Family Search
Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950 Family Search
Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916 Family Search
Rhode Island residents casualties during the Korean Conflict Distant Cousin
Rhode Island residents who died as a result of the Vietnam War Distant Cousin
Social Security Death Index
Social Security Death Index
Social Security Death Index 1937 to 2011 Archives
Southeast Asia Combat Area Casualties 1956 to 1998 Archives
U.S. Army Casualty Records 1961 - 1981 Archives
U.S. Naval Deaths, World War I
U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
U.S. Social Security Death Index Family Search
United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931 Family Search
United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961 Family Search
United States Marriages, 1733-1990 Family Search
Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998
Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (includes vital records, wills, church records, and newspaper abstracts) NEHGS
Vital records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, first series, births, marriages and deaths : a family register for the people