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''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Court Records|U.S. Court Records]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rhode Island|Rhode Island]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rhode_Island_Court_Records|Court Records]]'' | ''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Court Records|U.S. Court Records]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rhode Island|Rhode Island]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rhode_Island_Court_Records|Court Records]]'' | ||
Major Rhode Island courts that kept records of genealogical value were established as follows: | Major Rhode Island courts that kept records of genealogical value were established as follows: | ||
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'''1790s-present:''' District courts have county-wide jurisdiction over minor criminal cases. The court records for the counties before 1901 are now stored at the Rhode Island Supreme Court Judicial Records Center at 5 Hill St. Pawtucket, Rhode Island. | '''1790s-present:''' District courts have county-wide jurisdiction over minor criminal cases. The court records for the counties before 1901 are now stored at the Rhode Island Supreme Court Judicial Records Center at 5 Hill St. Pawtucket, Rhode Island. | ||
'''Family History Library Collection''' | |||
*Rhode Island | The Family History Library has some colonial records from minor courts including court of admiralty, court of trials, court of vice-admiralty, justices' court, and the general council. The library has 78 microfilms of petitions to the general assembly, 1725 to 1867, when the assembly often served as a general court. The library also has many court records from Newport and Washington counties. You can obtain copies of other records by contacting the clerk's office in each county courthouse. | ||
*{{RecordSearch|403981|subject_id|disp=Rhode Island Court Records}} | |||
*{{RecordSearch|425288|subject_id|disp=Newport County Court Records}} | |||
*{{RecordSearch|446392|subject_id|disp=Washington County Court Records}} | |||
*Bartlett, John R.John R. Bartlett, ''Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England'', Ten Volumes. (Providence: A. C. Green, 1856-1865) {{FHL|291706|item|disp=FHL films 496842 (first of 7); book 974.5 N29r.}} Digital version available through FHL catalog entry. Rhode Island court records for 1636 to 1670 were published with every-name indexes. | |||
[[Category:Rhode_Island|Court]] | [[Category:Rhode_Island|Court]] | ||