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The deep colonial roots of Rhode Island are reflected in its unique and detailed town and church records. In addition to standard vital entries, town meeting records, probate files, and freeman rolls provide essential genealogical clues. Early publications often include transcriptions of family Bibles, cemetery inscriptions, and genealogical articles like those in A Genealogy of the Descendants of Robert Austin of Kingstown, Rhode Island. These materials are especially important due to the state’s early independence and decentralized recordkeeping, helping genealogists track colonial families and Revolutionary-era residents through generations of change and migration.
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Other Vital Records
- Alphabetical Index of Births, Marriages And Deaths, Recorded in Providence, Volume 12 1,742 records
- Vital Record of Rhode Island: 1636-1850, Volume 4 1,388 records
- Rhode Island Records 1,215 records
- Alphabetical Index of Births, Marriages And Deaths, Recorded in Providence, 1891 - 1900, Volume 11, Births 1,028 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636 - 1850, Volume IX: Seekonk, Pawtucket, and Newman Congregational Church 977 records
- A Genealogy of the Descendants of Robert Austin of Kingstown, Rhode Island 745 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Volume 12, Revolutionary Rolls and Newspapers (1891) 726 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Volume 14, Deaths K-Z, Marriages A -C, 1762 - 1825 (1891) 714 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Volume 21 (1891) 710 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Volume 18 (1891) 708 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1762 - 1825, Volume XIV: Newspaper Vitals 704 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636 - 1850, Volume XVIII: Newspaper Vitals 704 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Volume 7, Friends and Ministers (1891) 699 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Volume 19 (1891) 694 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island,1636 - 1850, Volume VIII: Episcopal and Congregational 683 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Volume 17 (1891) 674 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Volume 16 (1891) 666 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636 - 1850, Volume XII: Revolutionary Rolls and Newspapers 661 records
- Alphabetical Index of Births, Marriages And Deaths, Recorded in Providence, 1901 - 1910, Volume 14, Births 656 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Volume 10, Church Records (1891) 650 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1779 - 1829, Volume XVI: Newspaper Vitals 650 records
- Alphabetical Index of the Births, Marriages And Deaths Recorded in Providence, Rhode Island 646 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636 - 1850, Volume XV: Newspaper Vital 644 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636 - 1850, Volume XI: Church Records 638 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Volume 10, Town and Church (1891) 629 records
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636 - 1850, Volume X: Town and Church 602 records
- Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths Recorded in Providence, Rhode Island 600 records
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