Rhode Island Cemeteries

United States Rhode Island  Cemeteries


 * 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 Rhode Island Genealogy.


 * Other important collections and indexes available at the Rhode Island Historical Society and on microfilm at the Family History Library include:


 * Charles P. Benns and Martha A. Benns, Rhode Island Cemetery Records, 1931-1941, Six Volumes and index
 * Henry E. Turner, Cemetery Records of Rhode Island
 * Clarence I. Brown, Rhode Island Cemetery and Genealogical Records 
 * Nellie Brownell Potter, Rhode Island Burial Grounds
 * Frank T. Calef, Cemetery Records ; ; ; ; ;
 * James Newell Arnold, Transcripts of Cemetery Records from Coventry, Cranston, Johnston, Lincoln, Scituate, and Warwick, 25 Volumes


 * To locate additional cemetery records for Rhode Island available at the Family History Library use the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:

RHODE ISLAND - CEMETERIES

RHODE ISLAND, [COUNTY] - CEMETERIES

RHODE ISLAND, [COUNTY],[TOWN] - CEMETERIES


 * About 50 additional volumes of transcripts by James Newell Arnold are at the Knight Memorial Library, 275 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island 02907. The towns are listed in Rhode Island Roots, 3 (June 1982): 22 (see Rhode Island Periodicals). 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 Rhode Island Periodicals).


 * A guide to cemetery records is David W. Dumas, Rhode Island Grave Records: A Bibliography, Rhode Island Roots, 3 (Winter 1977): 2-7 (see Rhode Island Periodicals).

=== Online ===

The following websites have cemetery listings for Rhode Island State. Sites may be incomplete. They may not list all cemeteries in a county and may not include all burials in a cemetery.


 * Findagrave.com Search for names Enter at least a last name then click Search. Can narrow by first names or dates.


 * This site frequently has tombstone images
 * List of cemeteries statewide for cemeteries in their database
 * You may need to narrow by county
 * Go to Find A Grave Home page, click Search for a cemetery, select the state (Rhode Island), then select from the county list, and press Search.
 * Click on the number below Interments for a cemetery to access names. Click Records arrow to scroll through to the end.


 * Web: Rhode Island, Find A Grave Index, 1665-2012 Free at Ancestry.com ($) State.
 * Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project
 * Rootsweb - Cemeteries
 * Rhode Island Cemetery Records Cemetery inscriptions online organized by county and city
 * BillionGraves: This site provides photos and GPS locations of grave markers.
 * Findagrave
 * Interment.net