Rhode Island Town Births Index - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes records from 1639 to 1932. It consists of an index to various town and vital births from the countiesof Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, and Washington.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
 * Child's name
 * Birth date
 * Birthplace
 * Parent's name

How Do I Search the Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * Name of the person
 * The approximate date of birth
 * The place of birth
 * The names of the child's parents

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I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

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 * Analyze the entry to see if it provides additional clues to find other records of the person or their family

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 * The person may be recorded with an abbreviated or variant form of their name
 * Try searching by surname only

Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of Rhode Island.
 * Rhode Island Guided Research
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Bristol, Vital records, 1680-1850
 * Burrillville, vital record indexes (1766-1921) and vital records (1901-1915) --, 1766-1921
 * Central Falls, vital records, 1850-1915
 * Records of births, marriages and deaths of Central Falls : 1725-1948
 * Coventry, Births, marriages, deaths 1830-1915
 * Cranston, Birth, marriage, and death records: 1850-1915
 * Cumberland, vital records, 1902-1915
 * Cumberland, Vital records, 1852-1901
 * Cumberland, Vital records, 1734-1858
 * East Greenwich, vital records, 1914-1915
 * East Providence, vital records 1883-1916
 * East Providence, Record and Index of births, marriages and deaths, no. 1
 * Exeter, Births, marriages and deaths 1763-1903
 * Exeter, Town records, 1742-1818
 * Glocester, Records of births, marriages and deaths, 1728-1901
 * Hopkinton, Marriages 1881-1915, births 1902-1915, and deaths 1903-1915
 * Hopkinton, Miscellaneous birth, marriage, and death records, 1808-1909
 * Hopkinton, Miscellaneous records, 1828-1973
 * Jamestown, Proprietor records, 1672-1860
 * Jamestown, Records of births, marriages and deaths 1850-1916
 * Johnston, Births and marriages, 1845-1898
 * Johnston, Births, marriages, deaths prior to June 1, 1898
 * Newport, Records of births, marriages, deaths, 1670-1774
 * Newport, Births, marriages, deaths 1684-1894
 * New Shoreham, Vital records 1850-1915
 * North Providence, Records of births, marriages and deaths, 1874-1916
 * Portsmouth, (Daughters of the American Revolution), Births and deaths from Newport and Portsmouth
 * Portsmouth, The town book of records : marriages, birth and deceases, 1684-1853
 * Providence, Births, marriages, deaths, and indexes (Providence, Rhode Island), 1636-1920
 * Providence, First, second and third books of the town of Providence : 1647-1715
 * Smithfield, Vital records 1871-1915 and indexes 1871-2004
 * South Kingston, Births, marriages and deaths taken from Nailer Tom Hazard's diary
 * South Kingston, William Davis Miller, Dr. Joseph Torrey and his record book of marriages
 * Swansea town records 1674-1798 ; Barrington Rhode Island town records 1741-1846
 * Tiverton, Births, marriages, deaths, intentions 1639-1932
 * Tiverton, Town meetings, 1697-1906
 * Warren, Births, marriages, deaths, 1850-1915
 * Warwick, Births (1883-1901), marriages (1883-1902), deaths (1908-1948), and index to deaths (1850-1940)
 * Warwick, Births, marriages, deaths 1649-1883
 * Warwick, Returns of: deaths (1877-1946), marriages (1880-1896), births (1880-1896 ); and delayed births (1861-1896)
 * Warwick, Town records 1647-1711
 * West Greenwich, Births, marriages, deaths, 1743-1905
 * Woonsocket, Births, marriages and deaths : 1867-1885

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * James N. Arnold, Vital record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 : first series: births, marriages, and deaths; a family register for the people, 21 volumes. Providence, Rhode Island : Narragansett Historical, 1891-1912

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