Rhode Island Directories

Online Resources

 * Rhode Island City Directories ($)
 * Rhode Island City Directories, Distant Cousin
 * Providence House Directories, 1895-1935, provided by Providence City Archives
 * 1861-1924 - Fold3 ($) has Providence City Directories 1861-1924 available online.
 * Rhode Island City Directories, index

Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities of Rhode Island.

Directories Online

 * Fold3.com ($) has Providence City Directories 1861-1924 available online.
 * Ancestry.com ($) has Rhode Island directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.

The Family History Library
The library has the following directories for Providence:

1798 ;

1826

1856-60

1861-1933

1930, 1932

To access other directories for cities in Rhode Island which are available through the Family History Library, use the Place-names Search in the FamilySearch Catalog for:


 * RHODE ISLAND - DIRECTORIES
 * RHODE ISLAND, [COUNTY] - DIRECTORIES
 * RHODE ISLAND, [COUNTY], [CITY OR TOWN] - DIRECTORIES

Websites

 * DistantCousins
 * FamilyHistory.com
 * Pawtucket, Rhode Island Directories
 * Woonsocket Rhode Island Directories
 * US City Directories This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.