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[This doesn't belong on the state page. Need to move] The probate records of Providence, 1670 to 1730, have been published. Also see Frank Calef's index to Providence probate records of 1663 to 1775 ({{FHL|022385}}).  
[This doesn't belong on the state page. Need to move] The probate records of Providence, 1670 to 1730, have been published. Also see Frank Calef's index to Providence probate records of 1663 to 1775 ({{FHL|022385}}).  


== Major Repositories  ==
== State Statutes  ==
 
== Repositories  ==


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*Wakefield, Robert S. ''Index to Wills in Rhode Island Genealogical Register'', Volumes 1 through 4. Warwick, Rhode Island: Plymouth Colony Research Group, 1982. ({{FHL|974.5 D2ri}}.); An excellent index to a large number of Rhode Island wills to about 1850. The Rhode Island Genealogical Register continues to publish abstracts of wills.
*Wakefield, Robert S. ''Index to Wills in Rhode Island Genealogical Register'', Volumes 1 through 4. Warwick, Rhode Island: Plymouth Colony Research Group, 1982. ({{FHL|974.5 D2ri}}.); An excellent index to a large number of Rhode Island wills to about 1850. The Rhode Island Genealogical Register continues to publish abstracts of wills.


The general council, also known as the Council of Probate, kept minutes and documents dealing with probate appeals for the years 1667 to 1813 ({{FHL|954936}}-37).
The general council, also known as the Council of Probate, kept minutes and documents dealing with probate appeals for the years 1667 to 1813 ({{FHL|954936}}-37).  
 
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== Resources ==
==== Published Materials ====


*Melnyk, Marcia D. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/genealogists-handbook-for-new-england-research/oclc/42829198&referer=brief_results ''Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research''], 4th ed. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. ({{FHL|974 D27g}}.)
*Melnyk, Marcia D. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/genealogists-handbook-for-new-england-research/oclc/42829198&referer=brief_results ''Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research''], 4th ed. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. ({{FHL|974 D27g}}.)


== Web sites ==
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== References  ==
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