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*''Records of Rhode Island, 1638-1644'', (Microfilm of manuscripts in the Rhode Island State Archives in Providence, Rhode Island. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974.) {{FSC|838527|item|disp=FS Library film 954960 Item 3}} | *''Records of Rhode Island, 1638-1644'', (Microfilm of manuscripts in the Rhode Island State Archives in Providence, Rhode Island. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974.) {{FSC|838527|item|disp=FS Library film 954960 Item 3}} | ||
*Dorothy Worthington, ''Rhode Island Land Evidences'', 1921, Reprint (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970; {{WorldCat|70071|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; | *Dorothy Worthington, ''Rhode Island Land Evidences'', 1921, Reprint (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970; {{WorldCat|70071|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; FamilySearch Library 1921 ed. on {{FSC|106372|item}} FS Library film 564389; index on {{FSC|343743|item}} film 022254). Volume 1, 1648-1696 is also on [http://books.google.com/books?id=gAoQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Worthington+inauthor:Dorothy&hl=en&ei=FMvaTI6BCIeqsAP2utnRBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books] and {{FSC|106372|item|disp=FS Library film 564389}} | ||
*Louise Prosser Bates, ''Peirce Manuscripts of Rhode Island Land Evidences 1686-1826'', (Microfilm of manuscripts in the Rhode Island Historical Society. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950.) {{FSC|105034|item|disp=FS Library films 22291 and 22292}} <br> | *Louise Prosser Bates, ''Peirce Manuscripts of Rhode Island Land Evidences 1686-1826'', (Microfilm of manuscripts in the Rhode Island Historical Society. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950.) {{FSC|105034|item|disp=FS Library films 22291 and 22292}} <br> | ||
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=== Colony and State Records === | === Colony and State Records === | ||
Some land transfers and grants are recorded in the ''Proceedings of the General Assembly, 1646 to 1851''. These are at the Rhode Island State Archives and at the | Some land transfers and grants are recorded in the ''Proceedings of the General Assembly, 1646 to 1851''. These are at the Rhode Island State Archives and at the FamilySearch Library on 18 microfilms {{FSC|365961|item|disp=FS Library films starting with film 954959}} | ||
=== Town Records === | === Town Records === | ||
After proprietors sold their land or a town was incorporated, the town recorded deeds and mortgages. The | After proprietors sold their land or a town was incorporated, the town recorded deeds and mortgages. The FamilySearch Library has copies of the [[Rhode Island Town Records|town records]] to about 1880. From the [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/50442Providence 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. | ||
The [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]] has more than 250 matching titles for a keyword search of "Rhode Island land records".'''[https://familysearch.org/catalog-search Go to the FamilySearch Catalog Online]''' | The [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]] has more than 250 matching titles for a keyword search of "Rhode Island land records".'''[https://familysearch.org/catalog-search Go to the FamilySearch Catalog Online]''' | ||
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