Providence County, Rhode Island Genealogy

United States Rhode Island  Providence County

County Courthouse
There is no county government. The government is located at town and state levels.

Quick Facts
Named for the Divine Providence.

16 June 1729: Renamed Providence County.

Parent County
1703: Formed as Providence Plantations County.

Record Loss

 * Lost census: 1890

Directories
Fold3 ($) has Providence City Directories 1861-1924 available online.

Probate
The probate records of Providence, 1670 to 1730, have been published. See Frank Calef's index to Providence probate records of 1663 to 1775.

Vital Records

 * 1740s-1760s - Drowne, Henry Russell. "Some Vital Records of Providence, R.I.," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan. 1915):80-81. Digital versions at Internet Archive - free; New York Family History ($); . Includes baptisms, marriages.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * The Providence County RIGenWeb Project, an member of The RIGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Providence County.
 * Family History Library catalog for Providence County