Rhode Island Statewide Genealogy

Statewide Birth Records

American Vital Records from the Gentleman's Magazine Ancestry
Vital records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, first series, births, marriages and deaths : a family register for the people Ancestry
Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (includes vital records, wills, church records, and newspaper abstracts) NEHGS

Statewide Cemetery Records

Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots Ancestry
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) US Gen Web
Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Gravestone Pictures (many cemeteries and monuments throughout Rhode Island) US Gen Web
U.S. Military Burial Registers, 1768-1921 Ancestry
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 Ancestry

Statewide Census Records

1790 United States Federal Census Ancestry
1790 Census of Rhode Island U.S. Census Bureau
1790 Census of Rhode Island US Gen Web
1800 United States Federal Census Ancestry
1810 United States Federal Census Ancestry
1820 United States Federal Census Ancestry
1830 United States Federal Census Ancestry
1840 United States Federal Census Ancestry
1840 Census of Pensioners A-L US Gen Net
1840 Census of Pensioners M-Z US Gen Net
Revolutionary War Pensioner Census, 1841 Ancestry
1850 United States Federal Census Ancestry
1850 Census (Mortality Schedules) Family Search Pilot
1850 Federal Census of Rhode Island Family Search Pilot
1860 United States Federal Census Ancestry
1860 Federal Census Footnote
1860 Federal Census of Rhode Island Family Search Pilot
1870 United States Federal Census Ancestry
1870 Federal Census of Rhode Island Family Search Pilot
1880 United States Federal Census Ancestry
1880 Federal Census of Rhode Island Family Search Pilot
1880 United States Census of Rhode Island (First Installment) World Vital Records
1890 Veterans Schedules Ancestry
1900 United States Federal Census Ancestry
1900Federal Census of Rhode Island Family Search Pilot
1910 United States Federal Census Ancestry
1920 United States Federal Census Ancestry
1920 Federal Census of Rhode Island Family Search Pilot
1930 United States Federal Census Ancestry
1930 Census of Merchant Seamen Ancestry
1930 Federal Census Footnote
Allcensus 1790 U.S. Census Images World Vital Records
Allcensus 1790 U.S. Census Transcription World Vital Records
Allcensus 1800 U.S. Census Images World Vital Records
Allcensus 1810 U.S. Census Images World Vital Records
Allcensus 1820 U.S. Census Images World Vital Records
Allcensus 1830 U.S. Census Images World Vital Records
Allcensus 1840 U.S. Census Images World Vital Records
Allcensus 1850 U.S. Census Images World Vital Records
Allcensus 1860 U.S. Census Images World Vital Records
Allcensus 1864 U.S. Census Images World Vital Records
Allcensus 1870 U.S. Census Images World Vital Records
Allcensus 1880 U.S. Census Images World Vital Records
Allcensus 1890 U.S. Census Images World Vital Records
Allcensus 1900 U.S. Census Images World Vital Records
Allcensus 1920 U.S. Census Images World Vital Records
Rhode Island Census, 1740-1890(indexes) Ancestry
Rhode Island Census, 1774 Ancestry
Rhode Island Federal Census, 1790 Ancestry
The Rhode Island 1777 Military Census Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 Ancestry
Vitelli Soundex of the U.S. Census Ancestry

Statewide Church Records

An account of the churches in Rhode Island Ancestry
Directory of churches and religious organizations of Rhode Island1939 Ancestry
Presbyterian Ministerial Directory 1898 Ancestry
Protestant Episcopal Church Clerical Directory, 1898 Ancestry
The Catholic Church in Rhode Island(history) Ancestry
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. X: Town and Church World Vital Records
Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Vol. XI: Church Records World Vital Records
Vital Records of Rhode Island,1636-1850, Vol. VIII: Episcopal and Congregational World Vital Records

Statewide City Directories

City Directories, 1890 Census Substitute(city directories for some Rhode Island towns) Ancestry
Rhode Island City Directories (includes Rhode Island State 1943-4) Ancestry
Rhode Island City Directories (includes State of Rhode Island 1923) Ancestry
Rhode Island City Directories(includes many towns and years) Ancestry

Statewide Death Records

American Soldiers of World War I(database of deaths) Ancestry
American Vital Records from the Gentleman's Magazine Ancestry
Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957 Ancestry
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 World Vital Records
Social Security Death Index(deaths after 1932) Ancestry
Social Security Death Index (deaths after 1932) Family Search
U.S. Military Personnel Who Died (including missing and captured declared dead) as a result of the Vietnam conflict, 1957-1995 National Archives
U.S. Military Personnel Who Died from Hostile Action (including missing and captured) in the Korean War, 1950-1957 National Archives
U.S. Naval Deaths, World War I Ancestry
U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945 Ancestry
Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998 Ancestry
Vital records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, first series, births, marriages and deaths : a family register for the people Ancestry
Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (includes vital records, wills, church records, and newspaper abstracts) NEHGS

Statewide Genealogies

A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England before 1692 US Gen Net
American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)(index of individuals appearing in many family histories and other genealogical works) Ancestry
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700(royal ancestral lines) Ancestry
Colonial Families in the U.S. Ancestry
Complete American Armoury & Blue Book, 1903-23 (armorial bearings of families with lines of descent) World Vital Records
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.)(genealogies of Revolutionary War soldiers) Ancestry
Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers(1620-1675) Ancestry
Genealogical notes of New York and New England families 1883 Ancestry
Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. I Ancestry
Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. II Ancestry
International Genealogical Index (IGI) Family Search
Memoir concerning the French settlements and French settlers in the colony of Rhode Island Ancestry
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial Ancestry
Pedigree Resource File Family Search
Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, Vol. 3 World Vital Records
Sons of the American Revolution(list of members to 1901 and their lineages) Ancestry

Statewide Historical Records

A biographical dictionary : containing a brief account of the first settlers, and other eminent characters among the magistrateof New England Ancestry
A Gazetteer of Connecticut and Rhode Island World Vital Records
A Gazetteer of the States 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
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 Migrations 1765-1799(brief biographies of loyalists) Ancestry
American Wills Proved in London, 1611 û 1775 World Vital Records
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005(brief biographies of members) Ancestry
Biographical encyclopaedia of Connecticut and Rhode Island of the nineteenth century Ancestry
Biographical Sketches of the Union Army Commanding Officers Ancestry
Biographies of Notable Americans, 1904 Ancestry
Bonded Passengers to America (9 vols. In 3)1663-1775 Ancestry
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
Great Migration Begins Index: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33 Ancestry
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild (various passenger lists) World Vital Records
Important Men of 1913 Ancestry
Index of the Rolls of Honor (Ancestor's Index) in the Lineage Books of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. I Ancestry
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 Ancestry
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 Ancestry
Index of the Rolls of Honor (Ancestor's Index) in the Lineage Books of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. IV Ancestry
Index to U.S. Invalid Pension Records, 1801-1815 Ancestry
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 Boston and New England Ancestry
Men of progress : biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island1896 Ancestry
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
Omitted Chapters from Hotten's Lists of Persons Who Went From Great Britain to America, 1600-1700 World Vital Records
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Ancestry
Passenger Arrivals in the U.S., 1819-20 Ancestry
Passengers from Ireland, List of Passengers Arriving at American Ports Between 1811 and 1817 World Vital Records
Passport Applications, 1795-1905 Footnote
Peirce's Colonial Lists: Civil Military & Professional Lists of Plymouth & R.I. Colonies, 1621-1700 World Vital Records
Pension List of 1820 Ancestry
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1636-1665 Ancestry
Rhode Island boundaries : 1636-1936 Ancestry
Rhode Island Freemen, 1747-1755 Ancestry
Rhode Island Pensioners, 1835 Ancestry
Rhode Island privateers in King George's war1739-1748 Ancestry
Rhode Island Records 1663-1677 World Vital Records
Rhode Island State Reformatory for Women, 1930 Index of Prisoners Black Sheep Ancestors
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
Sketches of Rhode Island physicians : deceased prior to 1850 Ancestry
State Home and School for Dependent Children, School Report of 1895 (lists of teachers) US Gen Web
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
Twentieth Annual Report of the State Board of Agriculture 1905 (includes names of citizens) US Gen Web
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. Pensioners, 1818-1872 Ancestry
U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002 Ancestry
U.S. World War I Mothers' Pilgrimage, 1930(lists of mothers and widows of deceased soldiers) Ancestry
Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Vol. X: Town and Church World Vital Records
World War II Army Enlistment World Vital Records
WWI Civilian Draft Registrations Ancestry

Statewide Marriage Records

American Vital Records from the Gentleman's Magazine Ancestry
Vital records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, first series, births, marriages and deaths : a family register for the people Ancestry
Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (includes vital records, wills, church records, and newspaper abstracts) NEHGS

Statewide Military Records

A List of Rhode Island Soldiers & Sailors in King George's War 1740-1748 US Gen Web
New Civil War Research Database at Ancestry(soldiers, officers, and regiments) Ancestry
American Revolutionary War Rejected Pensions Ancestry
Army Casualties 1956 - 2003 World Vital Records
Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Civil War Veterans (Navy Survivors' Certificates), 1861-1910 Footnote
Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans (Navy Widows' Certificates), 1861-1910 Civil War Pension Index Cards (no images) Family Search Pilot
Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Ancestry
Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 Ancestry
Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War Footnote
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.)(genealogies of Revolutionary War soldiers) Ancestry
Death Seem'd to Stare: The New Hampshire and Rhode Island Regiments at Valley Forge Ancestry
Forty-six months with the Fourth R.I. Volunteers in the War of 1861 to 1865 : comprising a history of the marches, battles, and camp life Ancestry
History of the Fifth Regiment of Rhode Island Heavy Artillery : during three years and a half of service in North Carolina Ancestry
Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918 Footnote
Korean War Casualties World Vital Records
Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957 Ancestry
Korean War Prisoners of War, 1950-1954 Ancestry
List of Slaves Enlisted in the Continental Army, 1778 US Gen Web
List of Soldiers & Sailors from Rhode Island in King George's War Jane Devlin
Mariners of the American Revolution(captured American privateers) Ancestry
Muster and Pay Rolls of the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783: Miscellaneous Records Ancestry
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers(lists of disabled soldiers in 1895) Ancestry
Naval Pensioners of the United States1800-1851 Ancestry
New index to the civil and military lists of Rhode Island1647-1850 Ancestry
Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900 Ancestry
Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900 Footnote
Peirce's Colonial Lists: Civil Military & Professional Lists of Plymouth & R.I. Colonies, 1621-1700 World Vital Records
Pensioners of the Revolutionary War--Struck Off the Roll Ancestry
Records of the Revolutionary War(letters and soldier rosters) Ancestry
Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions 1850 Ancestry
Revolutionary Pensioners(of 1813) Ancestry
Revolutionary Pensioners of 1818 Ancestry
Revolutionary War Courts-Martial Ancestry
Revolutionary War Officers Ancestry
Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files Footnote
Revolutionary War Pension Index(before 1813) Ancestry
Revolutionary War Rolls Footnote
Rhode Island Colonial War Servicemen, 1740-62 Ancestry
Rhode Island in the colonial wars : a list of Rhode Island soldiers & sailors in King George's war, 1740-1748 Ancestry
Roster of the 1st Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry of the Spanish American War Spanish American War Centennial
Sons of the American Revolution(list of members to 1901 and their lineages) Ancestry
The Fourteenth Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored) in the War to Preserve the Union, 1861-1865 Ancestry
The Muster rolls of three companies enlisted by the colony of Rhode Island in May, 1746 Ancestry
The Roster of the General Society of the War of 1812 Ancestry
U.S. Army Historical Register, 1789-1903, Vol. 1(lists of soldiers) Ancestry
U.S. Army Historical Register, 1789-1903, Vol. 2(lists of soldiers) Ancestry
U.S. Army Personnel and Dependent Casualties, 1961-1981 Ancestry
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Ancestry
U.S. Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865 Ancestry
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940 Ancestry
U.S. Military Records, 1925: Official National Guard Register Ancestry
U.S. Military: Great White Fleet (Atlantic Fleet bound for the Pacific, 16 December 1907)(names of men) Ancestry
U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 Ancestry
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Ancestry
U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Ancestry
United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Family Search Pilot
Vietnam Casualties 1956-1998 World Vital Records
Vietnam War, Awards and Decorations of Honor, 1965-1972 Ancestry
Vietnam War, Casualties Returned Alive, 1962-1979 Ancestry
Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998 Ancestry
Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Vol. XII: Revolutionary Rolls and Newspapers World Vital Records
War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815 Ancestry
War of 1812, Prisoner of War Records, 1812-1815 Ancestry
War of the Rebellion(various Civil War Records) Ancestry
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Ancestry
World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas Ancestry
World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 Ancestry
World War II Prisoners of Japanese World Vital Records
World War II Prisoners of War 1941 - 1946 World Vital Records
World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946 Ancestry
WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings Ancestry
WWII U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Muster Rolls, 1939-1949 Ancestry

Statewide Newspapers

Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Vol. XII: Revolutionary Rolls and Newspapers World Vital Records

Statewide Obituaries

American Biographical Notes(obituaries before 1875) Ancestry
United States Obituary Collection Ancestry

Statewide Probate Records

Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (includes vital records, wills, church records, and newspaper abstracts) NEHGS

Statewide Vital Records

American Soldiers of World War I(database of deaths) Ancestry
American Vital Records from the Gentleman's Magazine Ancestry
Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957 Ancestry
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 World Vital Records
Social Security Death Index(deaths after 1932) Ancestry
Social Security Death Index (deaths after 1932) Family Search
U.S. Military Personnel Who Died (including missing and captured declared dead) as a result of the Vietnam conflict, 1957-1995 National Archives
U.S. Military Personnel Who Died from Hostile Action (including missing and captured) in the Korean War, 1950-1957 National Archives
U.S. Naval Deaths, World War I Ancestry
U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945 Ancestry
Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998 Ancestry
Vital records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, first series, births, marriages and deaths : a family register for the people Ancestry
Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (includes vital records, wills, church records, and newspaper abstracts) NEHGS