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Rhode Island Statewide Historical Records

1747 - 1755 Rhode Island Freemen, : A Census of Registered Voters World Vital Records
A Gazetteer of Connecticut and Rhode Island World Vital Records
A List of Emigrants from England to America, 1682-1692 Ancestry
A List of Emigrants from England to America, 1718-1759 Ancestry
A biographical dictionary : containing a brief account of the first settlers, and other eminent characters among the magistrateof New England Ancestry
A guide to genealogical materials at the Rhode Island Historical Society library Family History Library
Additions and corrections to the first series of Rhode Island historical tracts : with an index to the same.(published 1895) Ancestry
American Biographical Library(short biographies of Americans from various sources) Ancestry
American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)(index of individuals appearing in many family histories and other genealogical works) Ancestry
American Migrations 1765-1799(brief biographies of loyalists) Ancestry
American Wills Proved in London, 1611 – 1775 World Vital Records
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005(brief biographies of members) Ancestry
Biographical Sketches of the Union Army Commanding Officers Ancestry
Biographical encyclopaedia of Connecticut and Rhode Island of the nineteenth century Ancestry
Biographies of Notable Americans, 1904 Ancestry
Bonded Passengers to America (9 vols. In 3)1663-1775 Ancestry
Catalogue of the Rhode Island Historical Society genealogical records Family History Library
Certificates for deputies and freemen of Rhode Island towns, 1663-1778 Family History Library
Denizations and Naturalizations in the British Colonies in America, 1607-1775 Ancestry
Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775 World Vital Records
Documentary History of Rhode Island US Gen Web
Emigrants from England to the American Colonies, 1773-1776 Ancestry
English Origins of American Colonists(emigrants to American colonies before Revolutionary War) Ancestry
Gazetteer of the States of Connecticut and Rhode Island World Vital Records
Genealogy And Family History Digitized Book Collection Databases World Vital Records
Germans to America Passenger Data File 1850 to 1897 Archives
Great Migration Begins Index: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33 Ancestry
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 Ancestry
Index to New England naturalization petitions, 1791-1906 Family History Library
Index to Rhode Island naturalizations, 1918-1968 Family History Library
Index to U.S. Invalid Pension Records, 1801-1815 Ancestry
Index to naturalization petitions, 1906-1991 (Rhode Island) Family History Library
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 US Gen Web
List of School Officers and Teachers in Public Schools 1894-1895 US Gen Web
List of Soldiers & Sailors from Rhode Island in King George's War Jane Devlin
Loyalists in the American Revolution: Miscellaneous Records Ancestry
Men of progress : biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island1896 Ancestry
Men of progress : biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Family History Library
Naturalizations in America and the West Indies, 1740-1782 Ancestry
New England Captives' Stories(stories of people living in New England taken captive during the French and Indian Wars) Ancestry
New England History Ancestry
New England Immigrants, 1700-75 Ancestry
New index to the civil and military lists of Rhode Island1647-1850 Ancestry
Officers, boards and commissions of Rhode Island1911 Ancestry
Passenger Arrivals in the U.S., 1819-20 Ancestry
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Ancestry
Passengers from Ireland, List of Passengers Arriving at American Ports Between 1811 and 1817 World Vital Records
Passport Applications, 1795-1905 Fold3
Peirce's Colonial Lists: Civil Military & Professional Lists of Plymouth & R.I. Colonies, 1621-1700 World Vital Records
Pension List of 1820 Ancestry
Rare Genealogical And Historical Digitized Book Collection Databases World Vital Records
Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, Vol. 3 World Vital Records
Representative men and old families of Rhode Island : genealogical records and historical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the old families Family History Library
Rhode Island (Colony) records, 1638-1670 Family History Library
Rhode Island Freemen, 1747-1755 Ancestry
Rhode Island Passenger Lists World Vital Records
Rhode Island Pensioners, 1835 Ancestry
Rhode Island Records 1663-1677 World Vital Records
Rhode Island State Reformatory for Women, 1930 Index of Prisoners Black Sheep Ancestors
Rhode Island boundaries : 1636-1936 Ancestry
Rhode Island privateers in King George's war1739-1748 Ancestry
Russians to America Passenger Data File 1834 to 1897 Archives
Scots-Irish: The Scot in North Britain, North Ireland and North America, Vol. 2 Ancestry
Ships from Ireland to Early America, 1623-1850. Vol. II Ancestry
Ships from Scotland to America, 1628-1828 Ancestry
Ships from Scotland to America, 1628-1828. Vol. III Ancestry
State Reform Schools, School Report of 1895 (lists of teachers) US Gen Web
The American Jewish year book, 5663 : October 2, 1902 to September 21, 1903 Ancestry
The History of Rhode Island Kindred Trails
The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Ancestry
The Original Scots Colonists of Early America, 1612-1783 World Vital Records
The Pension Lists of 1792-1795 Ancestry
The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. I Ancestry
The Scotch-Irish in America World Vital Records
U.S. House of Representative Private Claims, Vol. 1(people who made claims 1799-1850) Ancestry
U.S. House of Representative Private Claims, Vol. 2(people who made claims 1799-1850) Ancestry
U.S. House of Representative Private Claims, Vol. 3(people who made claims 1799-1850) Ancestry
U.S. Naturalization Records and Petitions 1700 to 1940 Archives
U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 Ancestry
United States Book Collection Databases World Vital Records
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, Vol. X: Town and Church World Vital Records
World War II Army Enlistment World Vital Records

County Historical Records

Bristol County Historical Records
Kent County Historical Records
Newport County Historical Records
Providence County Historical Records
Washington County Historical Records