FamilySearch Wiki

Rhode Island County, Rhode Island Genealogy

Rhode Island County was erected as an original county on 22 June 1703. Its name was changed to Newport County on 16 June 1729.[1]

Records with the name of the old Rhode Island County are kept in repositories of Newport County.

Sources

  1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 602. [FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002]. WorldCat entry.
v • d• e
Links to Rhode Island-related articles
Topics
Counties
Extinct Counties
Major
Repositories
American Antiquarian Society (Worcester MA) · American-French Genealogical Society · Brown University Rockefeller Library · Connecticut State Library (Hartford CT) · Davisville Free Library · Department of Health Office of Vital Records · East Greenwich Free Library · Judicial Records Center · National Archives at Boston (Waltham MA) · New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston MA) · Newport Historical Society · Providence City Hall · Providence Public Library · Rhode Island Black Heritage Society · Rhode Island Genealogical Society · Rhode Island Historical Society · Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association · Rhode Island State Archives · Rhode Island State Library · Roger William University Library · Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence · Tiverton Public Library · University of Rhode Island Carothers Library · Westerly Public Library
Migration Routes
Retrieved from "https://integration-ru.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=Rhode_Island_County,_Rhode_Island_Genealogy&oldid=5051411"