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Rhode Island Research Outline |
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Table of Contents
Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Computer Networks And Bulletin Boards
Bible Records
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Maps
Military Records
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Taxation
Town Records
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
BIBLE RECORDS Six volumes of Rhode Island Bible Records, copied by Josephine Keefer Short and Mrs. Bentley W. Morse, are at the Rhode Island Historical Society and the Family History Library (FHL film 022395 items 4-9). Some Bible records at the Newport Historical Society (82 Touro Street, Newport, RI 02840) are also at the Family History Library (FHL film 945224).
The Family History Library has obtained two collections that include Bible records from the Daughters of the American Revolution
The Family History Library collects biographical sources and important genealogical collections that contain biographical material. The Rhode Island Historical Society has the largest collection of biographical material for the state. Several collections are described in the “Genealogy” section of this outline.
A useful index is J. Carlyle Parker, Rhode Island Biographical and Genealogical Sketch Index.
(DAR). The collection for Rhode Island is on 23 films and is described in the “Genealogy” section of this outline. A collection of records from New York that also includes some Rhode Island records is on 12 films at the library. Both collections are partially indexed in E. Kay Kirkham, An Index to Some of the Bibles and Family Records of the United States, vol. 2 (Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1984; FHL book 973 D22kk v.2; fiche 6089184).
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BIOGRAPHY
An excellent published source of biographies is Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island: Genealogical and Historical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of Many of the Old Families, 3 vols. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1908; FHL book 974.5 D3r; films 982090-91 item 2).
The Rhode Island Historical Society has the largest collection of cemetery records for the state. The Society has the Bates, Briggs, and Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collections that contain inscriptions from Rhode Island cemeteries. These collections are also at the Family History Library. They are described in the “Genealogy” section of this outline.
Other important collections and indexes available at the Rhode Island Historical Society and on microfilm at the Family History Library include:
About 50 additional volumes of transcripts by James Newell Arnold are at the Knight Memorial Library, 275 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI 02907. The towns are listed in Rhode Island Roots, 3 (June 1982): 22 (see the “Periodicals” section of this outline). The Family History Library does not have copies of these volumes.
Additional cemetery records have also been published in the Rhode Island Genealogical Register and in early issues of Rhode Island History (see the “Periodicals” section of this outline).
A guide to cemetery records is David W. Dumas, “Rhode Island Grave Records: A Bibliography,” Rhode Island Roots, 3 (Winter 1977): 2-7 (see the “Periodicals” section of this outline).
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