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=== Colony Records === | === Colony Records === | ||
The earliest land grants were made by the colony. The records of these grants are known as "land evidences." The original documents are at the Rhode Island State Archives. Land evidences for 1648 to 1696 have also been published in Dorothy Worthington, ''Rhode Island Land Evidences'', 1921, Reprint (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970; FHL 1921 ed. on film 564389; index on FHL film 022254). | The earliest land grants were made by the colony. The records of these grants are known as "land evidences." The original documents are at the Rhode Island State Archives. Land evidences for 1648 to 1696 have also been published in Dorothy Worthington, ''Rhode Island Land Evidences'', 1921, Reprint (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970; FHL 1921 ed. on film 564389; index on FHL film 022254). | ||
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=== Proprietors' Records === | === Proprietors' Records === | ||
In the colonial period, the general assembly granted land to groups of colonists who became the proprietors of the town. These proprietors divided the land into portions owned by individuals and portions owned in common. The proprietors, in turn, sold land to other individuals. The proprietors' records begin as early as 1659 for the Narragansett area (southern Rhode Island). Transcripts of some of the records, 1659 to 1686, are in James N. Arnold, ''The Records of the Proprietors of the Narragansett (Providence, Rhode Island):'' Narragansett Historical Publishing, 1894 (FHL film 1033805 item 2). | In the colonial period, the general assembly granted land to groups of colonists who became the proprietors of the town. These proprietors divided the land into portions owned by individuals and portions owned in common. The proprietors, in turn, sold land to other individuals. The proprietors' records begin as early as 1659 for the Narragansett area (southern Rhode Island). Transcripts of some of the records, 1659 to 1686, are in James N. Arnold, ''The Records of the Proprietors of the Narragansett (Providence, Rhode Island):'' Narragansett Historical Publishing, 1894 (FHL film 1033805 item 2). | ||
=== Town Records === | === Town Records === | ||
After proprietors sold their land or a town was incorporated, the town recorded deeds and mortgages. The Family History Library has copies of the [[Rhode Island Town Records|town records]] to about 1880. From the Providence Recorder of Deeds, for example, the library has 218 microfilms of deeds and mortgages for the years 1677 to 1901. Documents from the town of Providence and other early settlements have been published in many volumes. | After proprietors sold their land or a town was incorporated, the town recorded deeds and mortgages. The Family History Library has copies of the [[Rhode Island Town Records|town records]] to about 1880. From the Providence Recorder of Deeds, for example, the library has 218 microfilms of deeds and mortgages for the years 1677 to 1901. Documents from the town of Providence and other early settlements have been published in many volumes. | ||
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[[Category:Rhode Island]] | [[Category:Rhode Island]] | ||