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==Online Resources==
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| colspan="2" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black"| <center>'''Online Cemetery Resources for Rhode Island'''</center>
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| width="20%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" | <center>'''Tombstone Transcriptions Online'''</center>
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*'''1639-1932''' {{RecordSearch|2301758|Rhode Island Town Deaths and Burials Index, 1639-1932}} at FamilySearch — [[Rhode Island, Town Deaths and Burial Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial Findagrave.com]
*{{RecordSearch|2221801|Find a Grave Index}} at FamilySearch - [[Find a Grave Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use This Collection]]
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60525/ U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current] at [https://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry]
*[https://billiongraves.com/search# BillionGraves]
*{{RecordSearch|2026973|BillionGraves Index}} at FamilySearch - [[BillionGraves Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use This Collection]]
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/united-states-billion-graves-index BillionGraves Index] at [https://www.findmypast.com/ Findmypast] ($)
*{{RecordSearch|2579610|United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Cemetery Abstracts - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use This Collection]]
*[https://accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/rhode-island-cemetery-records.htm Rhode Island Cemetery Records] at [https://accessgenealogy.com/ AccessGenealogy]
*[http://www.interment.net/us/ri/index.htm Rhode Island Cemetery Records] at [http://www.interment.net/us/index.htm Interment]
*[http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/rhode-island-genealogy/rhode_island_cemetery_records.htm Rhode Island Cemetery Records] at [http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/index.html New Horizons Genealogy]
*[https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/2732/rhode-island-historical-cemeteries-1647-2000 Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries] at [https://www.americanancestors.org/index.aspx American Ancestors] ($)
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/70671/ Rhode Island, Historical Cemetery Commission Index, 1647-2008] at [https://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry]
*[http://rihistoriccemeteries.org/webdatabase.aspx Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Search] at [http://rihistoriccemeteries.org/ Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission]
*[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/stones.html Rhode Island Historical Gravestone Pictures] at [https://rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb.com]
*[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/rhodeisland/rho-isl.html Rhode Island Tombstone Transcription Project] at [http://www.usgwtombstones.org/registry.html USGenWeb Transcription Project]
*[https://www.deathindexes.com/rhodeisland/index.html Online Rhode Island Obituary and Cemetery Indexes] at [https://www.deathindexes.com/index.html DeathIndexes]
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*[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery-browse/USA/Rhode-Island?id=state_42 Rhode Island Cemeteries] at [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial Findagrave.com]
*[https://billiongraves.com/search/cemetery BillionGraves] - type Rhode Island in the search box.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?includeIsParent=true&primaryText=Rhode%20Island,%20United%20States&reqParents=341&reqParentsLabel=State&reqParentsType=362&searchTypeaheadInputText=Search%20Within:Rhode%20Island,%20United%20States&reqTypes=20&reqTypeLabel=Cemetery FamilySearch Places]
*[https://rhodeisland.hometownlocator.com/features/cultural,class,cemetery.cfm Rhode Island Cemeteries] at [https://www.hometownlocator.com/ Hometown Locator]
*[https://ldsgenealogy.com/RI/Cemetery-Records.htm Rhode Island Cemeteries] at [https://ldsgenealogy.com/index.htm LDSGenealogy]
*[http://africanamericancemeteries.com/ri/ African American Cemeteries in Rhode Island] at [http://africanamericancemeteries.com/ African American Cemeteries Online]
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*[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?cemetery-name=jewish&cemetery-loc=rhode+island&only-with-cemeteries=cemOnly&locationId=state_42 Jewish Cemeteries in Rhode Island] at [https://www.findagrave.com/ Find-A-Grave]
*[https://iajgscemetery.org/usa/rhode-island-ri/ Rhode Island Jewish Cemetery Project] at [https://iajgscemetery.org/ International Jewish Cemetery Project]
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1411/ JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry] at [https://www.ancestry.com Ancestry] - grave search
*[https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry] by [https://www.jewishgen.org/ JewishGen]<br>''Click the USA folder, State folder, City folder and cemetery name''
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*[http://www.vets.ri.gov/includes/benefits/memorial/rivmc.php Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery] — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/221450/rhode-island-veterans-memorial-cemetery Find-A-Grave] [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Rhode-Island-Veterans-Memorial-Cemetery/282420 BillionGraves]
:''For more [[United States Military Cemetery Records|military burial databases]].''
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*'''1880-2024''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=63120 Rhode Island, U.S., Catholic Burials, 1880-2024] at Ancestry — index ($)
*The Rhode Island Historical Society has the largest collection of cemetery records for the state. The Society has the Bates, Briggs, and Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collections that contain inscriptions from Rhode Island cemeteries. These collections are also at the Family History Library. They are described in [[Rhode Island Genealogy|Rhode Island Genealogy]].


== Additional Resources at the FamilySearch Library ==
*Other important collections and indexes available at the Rhode Island Historical Society and on microfilm at the Family History Library include:
To find cemetery records for ''Rhode Island'' in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:<br>


#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
*Charles P. Benns and Martha A. Benns, ''Rhode Island Cemetery Records, 1931-1941'', Six Volumes {{FHL|299447|item|disp=FHL film 22424}} and index {{FHL|303321|item|disp=FHL film 022392 item 1.}}
#Enter: '''Rhode Island''' in the Place box
*Henry E. Turner, ''Cemetery Records of Rhode Island'' {{FHL|300795|item|disp=FHL film 22421}}
#Click on: '''Search'''
*Clarence I. Brown, ''Rhode Island Cemetery and Genealogical Records ''{{FHL|299480|item|disp=FHL films 22473–22474}}
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
*Nellie Brownell Potter, ''Rhode Island Burial Grounds'' {{FHL|301670|item|disp=FHL film 22392 items 2–4}}
*Frank T. Calef, ''Cemetery Records'' {{FHL|313614|item|disp=FHL film 022366 item 15}}; {{FHL|26159|item|disp=FHL film 022368 item 3}}; {{FHL|26210|item|disp=FHL film 022368 item 2}}; {{FHL|26230|item|disp=FHL film 022368 item 1}}; {{FHL|301666|item|disp=FHL film 022388-89}}; {{FHL|30064|item|disp=022396 item 2.}}
*James Newell Arnold, ''Transcripts of Cemetery Records from Coventry, Cranston, Johnston, Lincoln, Scituate, and Warwick'', 25 Volumes {{FHL|132055|item|disp=films 022370-82.}}


To search for cemeteries at the county level follow directions below
*To locate additional cemetery records for Rhode Island available at the Family History Library use the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:


#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
RHODE ISLAND - CEMETERIES
#Enter: '''Rhode Island''' in the Place box
#Click on: '''Search'''
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
#Click on: '''Places within Rhode Island'''
#Click on the county you want to search
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''


To search for cemeteries at the town level, follow directions below.
RHODE ISLAND, [COUNTY] - CEMETERIES


#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
RHODE ISLAND, [COUNTY],[TOWN] - CEMETERIES
#Enter: '''Rhode Island''' in the Place box
#Click on: '''Search'''
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
#Click on: '''Places within Rhode Island'''
#Click on the county you want to search
#Click on '''Places within United States, Rhode Island, county name'''
#Click on the town you want to search
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''


== Additional Resources ==
*About 50 additional volumes of transcripts by James Newell Arnold are at the Knight Memorial Library, 275 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island 02907. The towns are listed in ''Rhode Island Roots, 3'' (June 1982): 22 (see [[Rhode Island Periodicals|Rhode Island Periodicals]]). The Family History Library does not have copies of these volumes.
*[https://www.dar.org/library/collections/dar-library-catalog DAR Library Catalog] has cemetery books. Do a keyword search for Rhode Island cemetery.
*[https://www.worldcat.org/ Worldcat.org] - Do a search for Rhode Island Cemetery.


*Additional cemetery records have also been published in the Rhode Island Genealogical Register and in early issues of Rhode Island History (see [[Rhode Island Periodicals|Rhode Island Periodicals]]).


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*A guide to cemetery records is David W. Dumas, ''Rhode Island Grave Records: A Bibliography, Rhode Island Roots, 3'' (Winter 1977): 2-7 (see [[Rhode Island Periodicals|Rhode Island Periodicals]]).


[[Category:Rhode_Island, United States]][[Category:United States Cemeteries]]
=== Online  ===
 
The following websites have cemetery listings for Rhode Island State. [[Image:ArrowGreen.svg.png|left|20x20px|ArrowGreen.svg.png]] Sites may be incomplete. They may not list all cemeteries in a county and may not include all burials in a cemetery. <br><br>
 
*Findagrave.com [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSfn=&GSmn=&GSln=&GSbyrel=all&GSby=&GSdyrel=all&GSdy=&GScntry=4&GSst=29&GScnty=0&GSgrid=&df=all&GSob=n Search for names] Enter at least a last name then click '''Search'''. Can narrow by first names or dates.
 
**This site frequently has tombstone images
**[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSfn=&GSmn=&GSln=&GSbyrel=all&GSby=&GSdyrel=all&GSdy=&GScntry=4&GSst=29&GScnty=0&GSgrid=&df=all&GSob=n List of cemeteries] statewide for cemeteries in their database
***You may need to narrow by county
****Go to [http://www.findagrave.com/ Find A Grave Home page], click '''Search for a cemetery''', select the state (Rhode Island), then select from the '''county list''', and press '''Search'''.
***Click on the number below '''Interments''' for a cemetery to access names. Click '''Records''' arrow to scroll through to the end.
 
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=70618 ''Web: Rhode Island, Find A Grave Index, 1665-2012 Free''] at Ancestry.com ($) State.
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rigenweb/cemetery/ Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project]
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rigenweb/#Cemeteries Rootsweb - Cemeteries]
*[http://www.rhodeisland-genealogy.com/Rhode-Island-Cemetery-Records.cfm Rhode Island Cemetery Records]<br>Cemetery inscriptions online organized by county and city
*[http://billiongraves.com/ BillionGraves]: This site provides photos and GPS locations of grave markers.
*[http://www.findagrave.com Findagrave]
*[http://interment.net Interment.net]
 
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Revision as of 09:33, 7 May 2014

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  • The Rhode Island Historical Society has the largest collection of cemetery records for the state. The Society has the Bates, Briggs, and Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collections that contain inscriptions from Rhode Island cemeteries. These collections are also at the Family History Library. They are described in Rhode Island Genealogy.
  • Other important collections and indexes available at the Rhode Island Historical Society and on microfilm at the Family History Library include:
  • To locate additional cemetery records for Rhode Island available at the Family History Library use the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:

RHODE ISLAND - CEMETERIES

RHODE ISLAND, [COUNTY] - CEMETERIES

RHODE ISLAND, [COUNTY],[TOWN] - CEMETERIES

  • About 50 additional volumes of transcripts by James Newell Arnold are at the Knight Memorial Library, 275 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island 02907. The towns are listed in Rhode Island Roots, 3 (June 1982): 22 (see Rhode Island Periodicals). The Family History Library does not have copies of these volumes.
  • Additional cemetery records have also been published in the Rhode Island Genealogical Register and in early issues of Rhode Island History (see Rhode Island Periodicals).
  • A guide to cemetery records is David W. Dumas, Rhode Island Grave Records: A Bibliography, Rhode Island Roots, 3 (Winter 1977): 2-7 (see Rhode Island Periodicals).
=== Online  ===

The following websites have cemetery listings for Rhode Island State.

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Sites may be incomplete. They may not list all cemeteries in a county and may not include all burials in a cemetery.

  • Findagrave.com Search for names Enter at least a last name then click Search. Can narrow by first names or dates.
    • This site frequently has tombstone images
    • List of cemeteries statewide for cemeteries in their database
      • You may need to narrow by county
        • Go to Find A Grave Home page, click Search for a cemetery, select the state (Rhode Island), then select from the county list, and press Search.
      • Click on the number below Interments for a cemetery to access names. Click Records arrow to scroll through to the end.


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