Rhode Island Resources
Here are some resources that are available for
genealogical research in Rhode Island:
For vital records, write to:
- Division of Vital Records
Rhode Island Department of Health
Room 101, Cannon Building
3 Capitol Hill
Providence, RI 02908-5097
Phone: (401) 222-2811 or (401) 222-2812
- They have birth, marriage, and death records since 1853. Call for costs. For earlier records, contact the Town Clerk in the town where the event took place. Also check the County where the event took place.
- Clerk of Family Court
1 Dorrance Plaza
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 222-2353
For information on State Archives & Libraries, write to:
- Rhode Island State Archives
337 Westminster St.
Providence, RI 02903
- They have colonial petitions and correspondences, state census records, military records, newspapers, tax records, cemetery records, probate records, maps, and federal census records from 1790-1910.
For information on state Genealogical Societies, write to:
- Rhode Island Genealogical Society
507 Clark's Row
Bristol, RI 02809-1581
- Publication: Rhode Island Roots.
- Rhode Island State Historical Society
52 Power Street
Providence, RI 02906
