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	In [[New England]], the town clerk is the local record keeper. The earliest records are called proprietors' records. Town records generally begin with the founding of a town and are kept to the present.		In New England, the town clerk is the local record keeper. The earliest records are called proprietors' records. Town records generally begin with the founding of a town and are kept to the present.

	Town records may contain records of births, marriages, burials, [[Rhode Island Cemeteries\|cemeteries]], appointments, earmarks, estrays (records of stray animals), freemen's oaths (men becoming eligible to vote), [[Rhode Island Land and Property\|land records]], mortgages, name changes, care of the poor, school records, surveys, [[Rhode Island Taxation\|tax lists]], town meeting minutes, voter registrations, and "warnings out" (of town).		Town records may contain records of births, marriages, burials, [[Rhode Island Cemeteries\|cemeteries]], appointments, earmarks, estrays (records of stray animals), freemen's oaths (men becoming eligible to vote), [[Rhode Island Land and Property\|land records]], mortgages, name changes, care of the poor, school records, surveys, [[Rhode Island Taxation\|tax lists]], town meeting minutes, voter registrations, and "warnings out" (of town).