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CHS Loan Collection Catalog
Rhode Island Towns

Judith Ellen Johnson, Genealogist & Loan Collection Coordinator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Geographic Index

Family Name Index

Connecticut Counties
Connecticut Towns
Massachusetts Counties
Massachusetts Towns
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont

  Other Regions
 * New Jersey
 * New York
 * Pennsylvania
 * Virginia
 * Ontario

A-B || C-D || E-F
G-H || I-J || K-L
M-N || O-P || Q-R
S-T || U-V || W-X || Y- Z

 

General Reference

       

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General


Austin, J.0. Ancestry of Thirty-Three Rhode Islanders, Born in the Eighteenth Century. Albany, 1889.

________. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690. Albany, 1887.

________. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690. Rev. ed. Baltimore, 1969.

________. One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families. Salem, 1893. 2 copies.

Bartlett, J.R. Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England. Providence, 1862. [Vol. 1 (1770-1776) only]

The Book of Rhode Island. Providence, 1930.

Narragansett Historical Register, Vols 1-9. Hamilton and Providence, 1882-91.

Rhode Island Land Evidences. Providence, 1921. [Vol. I (1648-1696) only].

Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850. Providence, 1891. [Vols 1-3, 5-8 only. V. 1 (Kent County); 2-3 (Providence County); 5-6 (Washington County); 7 (Friends and Ministers); 8 (Episcopal and Congregational)]

Washington County


Beaman, A.G. Rhode Island Vital Records Vol. 9A: Washington County Births, 1760-1860. Princeton, 1983.

________. Washington County, Rhode Island, Births, 1770 to 1850. Princeton, 1976.

Towns A - Z


BARRINGTON
Bicknell, T.W. Sowams. New Haven, 1908.

BLOCK ISLAND
Livermore. Livermore’s History of Block Island. Forge Village, 1961.

LITTLE COMPTON
Little Compton Families: Corrections and Additions. Little Compton, 1974.

NEWPORT
Sketches of Newport and Its Vicinity, with Notices Respecting the History, Settlement, and Geography of Rhode Island. New York, 1842.

PAWTUCKET
A Report of the Celebration at Pawtucket, North Providence, of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town, June 24, 1865. Pawtucket. 1865.

PROVIDENCE
The Early Records of the Town of Providence, Being the Beginning of the Second Part of the Second Book for Recording the Deeds and Called Deed Book No. 2. Vol. 23. Providence, 1915.

The Early Records of the Town of Providence, Being Part of theThird Book of the Town of Providence Otherwise Called the Book with the Brass Clasps. Vols. 3 & 4. Providence, 1893.

SOWAMS (see Barrington)

SMITHFIELD
Steere, T. History of the Town of Smithfield, from Its Organization in 1730-31, to its Division in 1871. Providence, 1881.

WOONSOCKET
Richardson, E. History of Woonsocket, R.I. Woonsocket, 1876.