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 == Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for Rhode Island ==
-[[American Antiquarian Society]]{{·}} [[American-French Genealogical Society]]{{·}} [[Brown University Rockefeller Library]]{{·}} [[Davisville Free Library]]{{·}} [[East Greenwich Free Library]]{{·}} [[Judicial Records Center]]{{·}} [[National Archives at Boston]]{{·}} [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]]{{·}} [[Newport Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Providence City Hall]]{{·}} [[Providence Public Library]]{{·}} [[Rhode Island Genealogical Society]]{{·}} [[Rhode Island Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Rhode Island State Archives]]{{·}} [[Rhode Island State Library]]{{·}} [[Roger William University Library]]{{·}} [[Tiverton Public Library]]{{·}} [[University of Rhode Island Carothers Library]]{{·}} [[Westerly Public Library]]
+[[American Antiquarian Society]]{{·}} [[American-French Genealogical Society]]{{·}} [[Brown University Rockefeller Library]]{{·}} [[Connecticut State Library]]{{·}} [[Davisville Free Library]]{{·}} [[Department of Health Office of Vital Records]]{{·}} [[East Greenwich Free Library]]{{·}} [[Judicial Records Center]]{{·}} [[National Archives at Boston]]{{·}} [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]]{{·}} [[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 Society]]{{·}} [[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]]
 == Online Records of Rhode Island  ==
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 == Statewide Repositories ==
+=== Department of Health Office of Vital Records  ===
+Capitol Hill<br>Providence, RI 02908 USA<br>Telephone: 401-222-5960<br>E-mail: [http://health.ri.gov/contact/ Contact Us] form<br>Website: [http://health.ri.gov/records/howto/getacopy/ How to Get a Copy of Vital Records]
+:Birth and marriage records 100 years or older and death records 50 years or older are considered public records and may be obtained from the city or town hall where the event happened or through the Rhode Island State Archives. City and town clerk offices have records for all the births, deaths, marriages, and civil unions that occur in those cities and towns. All 39 cities and towns can also provide copies of most birth certificates for anyone born in the state on or after January 1, 1960.<ref>[http://health.ri.gov/records/howto/getacopy/ How To Get a Copy of Vital Records] in State of Rhode Island Department of Health (accessed 11 March 2017).</ref>
 === [[Judicial Records Center]]  ===
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 Hill Street<br>Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860<br>Telephone: 401-721-2641<br>Website: [https://www.courts.ri.gov/JudicialRecordsCenter/Pages/default.aspx Judicial Records Center]
 :Rhode Island state and county civil, criminal, and divorce cases 1671-1900, and naturalizations 1671-1982.<ref>[https://www.courts.ri.gov/JudicialRecordsCenter/Pages/Research%20in%20The%20Archives.aspx Archives-Research] in ''Judicial Records Center'' (accessed 11 April 2015).</ref><br><br>
+=== Rhode Island Black Heritage Society ===
+Benevolent Street<br>Providence, RI 02906 USA<br>Telephone: 401-588-5177<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@riblackheritage.org info@riblackheritage.org]<br>Website: [https://riblackheritagesociety.wildapricot.org/ Rhode Island Black Heritage Society]
+:As one of the oldest African Heritage organizations in the country, the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society has recorded, retained and interpreted historical facts and preserved the documents and artifacts of African-American and African descendant’s history and accomplishments in Rhode Island.<ref>[https://riblackheritagesociety.wildapricot.org/ Preserving Our History, Ensuring Our Future] in ''Rhode Island Black Heritage Society'' (accessed 11 March 2017).</ref>
 === Rhode Island Genealogical Society ===
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 [[File:Rhode_Island_Historical_Society.jpg|thumb|right|280px|RI Historical Society in Providence]]121 Hope Street<br>Providence, RI 02906<br>Telephone: 401-331-8575<br>Fax: 401-351-0127<br>Website: [http://www.rihs.org/ Rhode Island Historical Society]
 :Houses the state's largest genealogical collection including local histories, manuscripts, census, cemetery, military, economic, social, church records, family Bibles, family histories, newspapers, genealogy, women’s history, and business records.<ref name="DB99" /><br><br>
+=== Rhode Island Jewish Historical Society ===
+Sessions Street<br>Providence, RI 02906<br>Telephone: 401-331-1360<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@rijha.org info@rijha.org]<br>Website: [http://www.rijha.org/genealogy/ Rhode Island Jewish Historical Society]
+:City directories, organization records, synagogues, publications such as ''Jewish Herald, Jewish Voice'', and ''The Jewish Voice and Herald'', material about individual members of the Rhode Island Jewish community, and many obituaries.<ref>[http://www.rijha.org/genealogy/ Genealogy] in ''Rhode Island Jewish Historical Society'' (accessed 11 March 2017).</ref><br><br>
 === [[Rhode Island State Archives]] ===
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 [[File:Rhode Island state house 2009a.JPG|thumb|right|280px|State Library in RI State House, Providence]]State House 2nd floor<br>82 Smith St<br>Providence, RI 02903<br>Telephone: 401-222-2473<br>Fax: 401-222-3034<br>E-mail: [mailto:statelibrary@sos.ri.gov statelibrary@sos.ri.gov]<br>Website: [http://sos.ri.gov/divisions/Civics-And-Education/state-library Rhode Island State Library]
 :They have the largest book collection in the state, including almost all state and town histories, biographies, and genealogies.<ref name ="DB99">Dollarhide and Bremer, 99.</ref><br><br>
+=== Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence  ===
+Archives<br>One Cathederal Square<br>Providence, RI 02903<br>Telephone: 401-278-4500<br>Fax 401-831-1947<br>E-mail: [mailto:webmaster@dioceseofprovidence.org webmaster@dioceseofprovidence.org]<br>Website: [https://dioceseofprovidence.org/archivist Archivist]
+:Miscellaneous collection of papers, manuscripts, correspondence, books, diocesan newspapers and directories, photographs and memorabilia. Few items predate 1872. Please note: sacramental records (i.e., baptismal and marriage certificates) are maintained at the individual parishes, and not in the Archives.<ref>[https://dioceseofprovidence.org/archivist Archivist] in ''Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence'' (accessed 11 March 2017).</ref>
 == Regional Repositories ==
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 [[Image:WorcesterMA AntiquarianSociety 2.jpg|thumb|right|280px|American Antiquarian Society in Worcester MA]]185 Salisbury Street<br>Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634<br>Telephone: 508-755-5221<br>Fax: 508-753-3311<br>E-mail: [mailto:Library@americanantiquarian.org Library@americanantiquarian.org]<br>Website: [http://www.americanantiquarian.org/ American Antiquarian Society]
 :The AAS is best known for its U.S. newspaper collection of over 18,000 bound volumes 1704-1820, history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, manuscripts.<ref name="DB59">Dollarhide and Bremer, 59.</ref>  They have '''Rhode Island''' vital records, newspapers, and town histories. One of the best genealogy centers in America.<ref name="DB53">Dollarhide and Bremer, 53.</ref><br><br>
+=== [[Connecticut State Library]]  ===
+[[Image:CT State Library & Archives II.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Connecticut State Library in Hartford, CT]]231 Capitol Avenue<br>Hartford, Connecticut 06106<br>Telephone: 860-757-6500 or toll free: 866-886-4478<br>E-mail: [http://ctstatelibrary.org/contact-us/email-us/ E-mail Us] form<br>Website: [http://www.cslib.org/ Connecticut State Library]<br>Website: [http://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/home History and Genealogy Home]
+:Has the Barbour Collection, Bibles, census, church, Hale Collection newspaper marriages and deaths, cemeteries, probates, vital records, directories, land, local histories, military, naturalization, passenger arrivals, and e-mail questions.<ref>[http://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/home History and Genealogy Home] in ''CT State Library'' (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> Large genealogy collection of newspapers, books manuscripts, town histories, maps and lots of genealogies.<ref name="DB25">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 25. {{WorldCat|39493985}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> Holdings include the collection, [http://www.cslib.org/ctarch.htm ''"Connecticut Archives," 1629–1820.''] Many '''Rhode Island''' residents eventually settled in Connecticut. A helpful inventory of this collection is:
+:*Connecticut State Library, ''Guide to Archives in the Connecticut State Library, 3rd ed.'' (Hartford, CT: Connecticut State Library, 1981). [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE222128 Online digital version]; {{WorldCat|8677320|disp=At various Libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|221829|title-id|disp=FHL Book 974.6 A1 No. 30}}.<br><br>
+[[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|thumb|right|210px|NEHGS 101 Newbury St in Boston]]
 === [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] ===
-[[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|thumb|right|210px|NEHGS 101 Newbury St in Boston]]101 Newbury Street<br>Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007<br>Telephone: &nbsp;617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231<br>Fax: &nbsp;617-536-7307<br>E-mail: &nbsp;[mailto:info@nehgs.org info@nehgs.org]<br>Website: [http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html AmericanAncestors.org]
+Newbury Street<br>Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007<br>Telephone: &nbsp;617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231<br>Fax: &nbsp;617-536-7307<br>E-mail: &nbsp;[mailto:info@nehgs.org info@nehgs.org]<br>Website: [http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html AmericanAncestors.org]
 :Best overall collection for New England (and '''Rhode Island''') vital records and probates, and excellent collection for Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe. The manuscript collection for members-only has diaries, letters, account books, business papers, church and town records, sermons, maps, wills, deeds, unpublished town and family genealogies, photos, and papers of the region's best genealogists since 1850.<ref name="Wik">"New England Historic Genealogical Society" in ''Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society (accessed 30 August 2010).</ref> <ref>[http://www.americanancestors.org/education/learning-resources/read/using-the-nehgs-library/ Using the NEHGS Library] in ''American Ancestors" (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> <ref name="DB55759">Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.</ref><br><br>
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 Some of the above collections are partially duplicated at the [[Family History Library]] and its branch '''[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Centers]]''' around the world. Most centers can help you by:
 *Giving you limited, personal, one-on-one research suggestions (but they do not do research for you)
-*Providing access to genealogical records either through the Internet '''[[Family History Center Portal|FHC Portal]]''', or a [[Ordering Microfilm or Microfiche|microfilm loan program]]
+*Providing access to genealogical records either through the premium online Internet '''[[Family History Center Portal|FHC Portal]]''' for free, or a [[Ordering Microfilm or Microfiche|microfilm loan program]]
-*Offering free how-to classes (varies by location).
+*Offering free how-to classes (varies by location)
 *Fostering contact between genealogical enthusiasts
 There are several [[:Category:Rhode Island Family History Centers|centers located in Rhode Island]], ''for example:''
-::[[Providence Rhode Island Family History Center]]<br>1000 Narragansett Pkwy<br>Warwick, RI 02888-4713 USA<br>Telephone: 401-463-8150.
+::[[Providence Rhode Island Family History Center]]<br>1000 Narragansett Pkwy<br>Warwick, RI 02888 USA<br>Telephone: 401-463-8150
 :::Each center is staffed by volunteers and has varying hours and services. Telephone in advance to verify their hours.
 To locate one of these 4,500 centers in your own neighborhood, see [http://familysearch.org/locations/centerlocator Find a Family History Center].<br><br>