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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/429266?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Genealogies of Rhode Island Families: From Rhode Island Periodicals'']. 2 Vols. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing CO,. 1983).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/429266?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Genealogies of Rhode Island Families: From Rhode Island Periodicals'']. 2 Vols. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing CO,. 1983).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/471084?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Genealogies of Rhode Island Families: From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register'']. 2 Vols. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing CO., 1989).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/471084?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Genealogies of Rhode Island Families: From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register'']. 2 Vols. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing CO., 1989).
*''Colonial Rhode Island: A History'' by Sydney V. James. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/50486?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Colonial Rhode Island: A History''] by Sydney V. James. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975).
*''Rhode Island Biographical and Genealogical Sketch Index'' by J. Carlyle Parker. (Turlock, CA: Marietta Publishing CO., 1991).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/407800?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Rhode Island Biographical and Genealogical Sketch Index''] by J. Carlyle Parker. (Turlock, CA: Marietta Publishing CO., 1991).
*''The First 100 Years of the Church of England in Rhode Island'' by Edgar L. Pennington. (Hartford: Church Missions Publishing, 1935).
*''The First 100 Years of the Church of England in Rhode Island'' by Edgar L. Pennington. (Hartford: Church Missions Publishing, 1935).
*''Concerning the French Settlements and French Settlers in the Colony of Rhode Island'' by Elisha R. Potter. (1879. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/43609?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Concerning the French Settlements and French Settlers in the Colony of Rhode Island''] by Elisha R. Potter. (1879. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968).
*''Rhode Island Sources for Family Historians and Genealogists'' by Kip Sperry. (Logan, UT: Everton Publishers, 1986).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/383612?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Rhode Island Sources for Family Historians and Genealogists''] by Kip Sperry. (Logan, UT: Everton Publishers, 1986).
*''Runaways, Deserts, and Notorious Villains from Rhode Island Newspapers'' by Maureen Alice Taylor. Vol. 1. ''The Providence Gazette, 1762 1800'' (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1995).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/774398?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Runaways, Deserters, and Notorious Villains from Rhode Island Newspapers''] by Maureen Alice Taylor. Vol. 1. ''The Providence Gazette, 1762 1800'' (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1995).
*''Settlers of Aquidneck , and Liberty of Conscience'' by Henry E. Turner. (Newport: Newport Historical Publishing Co., 1880).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/275893?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Settlers of Aquidneck , and Liberty of Conscience''] by Henry E. Turner. (Newport: Newport Historical Publishing Co., 1880).


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[[Category:Rhode Island,_United_States]]
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Online Records[edit | edit source]

Many records from the colonial era in New England were kept at the town or county level. Search the catalog at the town or county level to locate those records.

History[edit | edit source]

Rhode Island was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams and other European settlers who were banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Williams negotiated with the Native Americans living there for land and named the place Providence Plantations. In 1644 the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was created and consisted of Providence, Portsouth, and Newport. Warwick joined in 1647. Rhode Island became part of the Dominion of New England in 1686, but regained its independence in 1688.[1][2]


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References[edit | edit source]

  1. Christina K. Schaefer, Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 313. WorldCat (Other Libraries); FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998
  2. Wikipedia contributors, "Rhode Island," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island, accessed 7 January 2020.
  3. Christina K. Schaefer, Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 183, 192. WorldCat (Other Libraries); FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998