Rhode Island, United States Genealogy

United States   Rhode Island

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The state is called Rhode Island in common usage, but most of the state lies on the North American mainland. Providence Plantations refers to the mainland, while Rhode Island is actually the unofficial name for Aquidneck Island (now composed of the city of Newport, and the towns of Middletown and Portsmouth). From 1524 Italian, Dutch West India Company and British Rule of area.

Counties
Extinct Counties: King's | Providence Plantations | Rhode Island | New Netherland

County Creation Dates and Divisions showing dates they were created or renamed and counties created from older counties.

Research Tools

 * Find which county a town is in, what town a cemetery is in, even where a postoffice or building is by using the United States Geographical Survey's Geographical Names Information System.
 * David Rumsey Map Collection is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures.
 * The Rhode Island GenWeb Project has a wealth of information and is a part of the larger USGenWeb Project. The USGenWeb Project provides internet information on every county in every state in the United States.
 * BYU Rhode Island Research Outline largely duplicates these Wiki pages. Includes some bibliographic lists from BYU Library, 2001.

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