United States Resources: Rhode Island

    Rhode Island quilt square based on Maggie Malone's 1,001 Patchwork Designs

    ROOTS-L Databases and Files

  • Rhode Island Surnames in the RootsWeb Surname List

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  • Rhode Island Books We Own
  • genealog.lc-ri: Books in the on-line Library of Congress catalog with the subject "Rhode Island--genealogy."
  • genealog.vital-ri: Where to write for Rhode Island vital records, Rhode Island genealogical and historical societies, and the state archives. Or check Rhode Island Vital Records Information for more current info on where to write for vital records.
  • genealog.towns-ri: Names and boundary changes of Rhode Island cities and towns

    Other Rhode Island Genealogical and Historical Resources on the Net

    Other Rhode Island Genealogy and History Pages

  • Linkpendium Rhode Island County Links
  • Rhode Island Resources at Rootsweb:
    • State level
    • County level
  • Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - U.S. - Rhode Island
  • The Rhode Island GenWeb Project
  • American Local History Network
  • The American History and Genealogy Project
  • Rhode Island History Online

    General Resources

  • Rhode Island Mailing Lists
  • USGenWeb Archives: Rhode Island
  • LDS Research Outline for Rhode Island
  • Rhode Island Family History Centers
  • From Ancestry.com
    • 1790 U. S. Census
    • 1880 U. S. Census
    • 1900 U. S. Census
    • 1910 U. S. Census
    • 1920 U. S. Census
  • The USGenWeb Census Project: Rhode Island
    • Completed Transcriptions
  • Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Project
  • Rhode Island Home Page: WPA Life Histories
  • Colonial Money of Rhode Island
  • Rhode Island History from the Secretary of State
  • Rhode Island Lights
  • What did you do in the war, Grandma? An Oral History of Rhode Island Women during World War II, written by students in the Honors English Program at South Kingston High School
  • Enishkeetompauog Nahahiganseck: The Narragansett People
  • Rhode Island Genealogy from the Newberry Library
  • Women in R. I. History
  • Rhode Island Bestlinx History Page
  • NEIC: Earthquake History of Rhode Island
  • Rhode Island Tornadoes, 1950-1995
  • Rhode Island History from RI Tourism
  • Rhode Island History from the Rhode Island General Assembly
  • Naval History in Rhode Island
  • Name and boundary changes for Rhode Island Cities and Towns
  • Census Online: Rhode Island
  • Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
  • Genealogy Helplist
  • Ghost Towns of Rhode Island
  • Rhode Island Civilian Conservation Corps camps
  • Historic House Museums in Rhode Island
  • Rhode Island Bibliography - United States and Worldwide Postal History
  • New England Interstate Highways of the 1920s

    Archives, Libraries and Special Collections

  • Rhode Island State Archives
  • Rhode Island Historical Records Repositories
  • Special Collections at the University of Rhode Island
    • Rhode Island Book Collection
    • Oral History Collections
    • Historical Manuscripts
  • Broadsides Collection at Brown University
  • Greenville Public Library Digital Preservation Index
  • Family History Center Providence, RI Stake
  • Redwood Library and its Treasures

    Cemeteries

  • Tombstone Transcription Project
  • Cemetery Records Online
  • The Rhode Island Political Graveyard
  • Find A Grave

    Ethnic and Religious

  • Narragansett History
  • Niantic History
  • Nipmuc History
  • Pequot History
  • Wampanoag History

    Local History and Information

  • Armenian Heritage Park
  • History of Barrington
  • A History of the Town of Barrington, Rhode Island
  • The History of Charlestown
  • History of East Providence
  • Fort Adams
  • Beavertail Light, Jamestown
  • Town of Middleton - History
  • Newport Mansions of the Preservation Society of Newport County
  • Top 40 Newport, RI, Historic Sites
  • North Kingstown History
  • Providence: Three and One-Half Centuries at a Glance
  • Rhode Signs from the Warwick Public Library
  • About the Town of West Warwick

    Maps and Gazetteers

  • USGS/GNIS Database of Rhode Island locations
  • Rhode Island from Color Landform Atlas of the United States
  • Rhode Island Profiles: Interactive county maps
  • Historic USGS Maps of Rhode Island: Alphabetic Town Listing
  • Pam Rietsch's 1895 U.S. Atlas

    Military

  • The 2nd Rhode Island Regiment of the Continental Line Capt. Tew's Company of Col. Angell's Regt.
  • Rhode Island History of the Civil War
  • Union Regimental Index: Rhode Island
  • A Memoir of Lieut.-Colonel Samuel Ward First Rhode Island Regiment, Army of the American Revolution
  • The History of Battery A First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery
  • The History of Battery E, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery
  • History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers
  • History of the Eleventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers
  • History of the Twelfth Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers
  • U.S. Military Personnel who died in the Korean War
  • Vietnam Conflict Casualty List

    Photographs

  • Images of RI The Millennium Project
  • Detroit Publishing Company Photographs from Rhode Island
  • Photographs of Historic Lincoln

    Societies, Historical and Genealogical

  • Rhode Island Historical Society

      Ethnic and Religious

    • The Rhode Island Black Heritage Society
    • The American-French Genealogical Society
    • Italian Genealogical Society of America
    • Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association

      Lineage

    • Rhode Island Society of Mayflower Descendants
    • Rhode Island State Society Daughters of the American Revolution
      • Aquidneck Island Chapter
      • Bristol Chapter
      • General Nathanael Greene Chapter - East Greenwich
      • Pawtucket Chapter
      • Narragansett-Cooke-Gaspee Chapter

      Special Interest

    • Rhode Island Postal History Society
    • The Steamship Historical Society of America

      Regional

    • Boston to Providence Genealogical Society

      Local

    • Charlestown Historical Society
    • Little Compton Historical Society
    • The Newport Historical Society
    • Providence Preservation Society
    • Westerly Historical Society

    Vital Records

  • Rhode Island Vital Records from VitalChek
  • Rhode Island Vital Records Information from Elizabeth T. Orsay

    Commercial

  • Ancestor Publishers
  • Broad View Books Used Genealogy Books and History
  • The Donning Company Publishers
  • Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
  • Higginson Book Company
  • Picton Press
  • Rhode Island Families Association: Genealogical Publications and Research
  • SK Publications Rhode Island Census CDs
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