Rhode Island began formally recording deaths, alongside births and marriages, in 1853. This statewide registration was mandated by an act passed in February 1850 and amended in 1852. While some town clerks kept records prior to this date, the 1853 law established a more centralized and comprehensive system.
Birth, Marriage & Death
Death, Burial, Cemetery & Obituaries
- Rhode Island Deaths, 1850-1946 1,992,252 records
- Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries 970,984 records
- Rhode Island, Providence Catholic Burials 237,636 records
- Rhode Island, Deaths, 2013-2017 38,889 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Volume 15, Marraiges D-Z, Deaths A-Z (1891) 648 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Volume 13, Deaths (1891) 630 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636 - 1850, Volume XIII: Deaths 614 records
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