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:There large genealogical book collection includes family folders, family histories, and indexes regarding Rhode Island families.<ref name="DB99" /><br><br>
:There large genealogical book collection includes family folders, family histories, and indexes regarding Rhode Island families.<ref name="DB99" /><br><br>


=== Guide ===
=== Guidebook ===


*Clarence S. Brigham, ''Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1903'', Volume 1 (Washington, D.C.: American Historical Association, 1904) {{WorldCat|1150082}}; {{FHL|244375|item|disp=FHL film 896553 item 2; book 973 C4ah}}. An important inventory of manuscript records including Rhode Island state, county, and town archives.
*Clarence S. Brigham, ''Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1903'', Volume 1 (Washington, D.C.: American Historical Association, 1904) {{WorldCat|1150082}}; {{FHL|244375|item|disp=FHL film 896553 item 2; book 973 C4ah}}. An important inventory of manuscript records including Rhode Island state, county, and town archives.
=== Websites  ===
You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Rhode Island in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost. Addresses on the Internet change frequently. The following sites are important gateways linking you to many more sites:
*'''[http://www.usgenweb.org/ The USGenWeb Project]''' A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country.
*'''[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/roots-l/usa/ri.html Roots-L]''' A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly-updated research coordination list.
*'''[http://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch™]''' FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.


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