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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. | 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. | ||
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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 Family History Library on 18 microfilms {{FHL|365961|item}} starting with film 954959. | Land evidences for 1648 to 1696 have also been published in:<br>*Dorothy Worthington, ''Rhode Island Land Evidences'', 1921, Reprint (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970; Family History Library 1921 ed. on {{FHL|106372|item}} film 564389; index on {{FHL|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 in the {{FHL|106372|item|disp=film 564389}} | ||
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 Family History Library on 18 microfilms {{FHL|365961|item}} starting with film 954959. | |||
=== Proprietors' Records === | === Proprietors' Records === | ||