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=== Manuscript Collections and Indexes === | === Manuscript Collections and Indexes === | ||
*Rhode Island Historical Society. The largest collection of manuscript genealogical material is at the [http://www.rihs.org/libraryhome.htm Rhode Island Historical Society.] The society's catalog indexes both published and manuscript genealogies, the DAR collection, Benn's index to Rhode Island [[Rhode Island Cemeteries|grave records]], and some genealogies of Rhode Island families that have been published in [[Rhode Island Periodicals|periodicals]]. The catalog was filmed in 1950. {{FHL|359623|item|disp=FHL films 022425-26}} | |||
*Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Collection. This collection consists of transcripts of Bible, cemetery, church, marriage, death, obituary, and will records. It was microfilmed in 1971 at the DAR Library in Washington, D.C., and is available at the [http://www.rihs.org/libraryhome.htm Rhode Island Historical Society] and at the Family History Library. {{FHL|353783|item|disp=FHL films beginning with 855238 (first of 23)}} The volumes are generally arranged by county, and each is indexed. The Rhode Island Historical Society has a DAR Records Card Index to the volumes. | |||
*Sidney S. Rider Collection. This valuable, though difficult to use, collection is at the [http://library.brown.edu/about/hay/ John Hay Library] (Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912). This collection of 5,000 books and 10,000 pamphlets includes periodicals, correspondence, newspaper clippings and index (about 1808 to 1868), church histories, military records, city directories, local histories, biographies, and many manuscript sources such as private journals, deeds, and wills. | |||
*''Bates Collection of Genealogical Data''by Louise Prosser Bates. This 88-volume collection is on microfilm at the [http://www.rihs.org/libraryhome.htm Rhode Island Historical Society] and at the Family History Library. {{FHL|300746|item|disp=FHL films 022275-90}} It contains abstracts of deeds, land grants, probate records, genealogies, town records, and cemetery records. The index to the collection is on {{FHL|300746|item|disp=FHL films 022268-74}}. | *''Bates Collection of Genealogical Data''by Louise Prosser Bates. This 88-volume collection is on microfilm at the [http://www.rihs.org/libraryhome.htm Rhode Island Historical Society] and at the Family History Library. {{FHL|300746|item|disp=FHL films 022275-90}} It contains abstracts of deeds, land grants, probate records, genealogies, town records, and cemetery records. The index to the collection is on {{FHL|300746|item|disp=FHL films 022268-74}}. | ||
*''Genealogical Index Rhode Island Records'' by Frank T. Calef. This is a card index to Rhode Island town vital records, freeman lists, cemetery burials, colonial censuses, and other records. It was microfilmed in 1950 at the [http://www.rihs.org/libraryhome.htm Rhode Island Historical Society] and is at the Family History Library {{FHL|297263|item|disp=FHL films 022431-72}} It is listed in the Family History Library Catalog under RHODE ISLAND - VITAL RECORDS - INDEXES. | *''Genealogical Index Rhode Island Records'' by Frank T. Calef. This is a card index to Rhode Island town vital records, freeman lists, cemetery burials, colonial censuses, and other records. It was microfilmed in 1950 at the [http://www.rihs.org/libraryhome.htm Rhode Island Historical Society] and is at the Family History Library {{FHL|297263|item|disp=FHL films 022431-72}} It is listed in the Family History Library Catalog under RHODE ISLAND - VITAL RECORDS - INDEXES. | ||
*''Briggs Collection'' by Anthony Tarbox Briggs. This large collection is at the [http://www.rihs.org/libraryhome.htm Rhode Island Historical Society.] It contains typed transcripts of wills, cemetery records, vital records, and family records for families from the towns of West Greenwich, Exeter, and Coventry. The volumes and an index were microfilmed in 1950. {{FHL|300994|item|disp=FHL films 022293-317}} | *''Briggs Collection'' by Anthony Tarbox Briggs. This large collection is at the [http://www.rihs.org/libraryhome.htm Rhode Island Historical Society.] It contains typed transcripts of wills, cemetery records, vital records, and family records for families from the towns of West Greenwich, Exeter, and Coventry. The volumes and an index were microfilmed in 1950. {{FHL|300994|item|disp=FHL films 022293-317}} | ||
*''Collection Rhode Island Family Records'' by Martha A. Benns. This is a collection of will abstracts and family records at the [http://www.rihs.org/libraryhome.htm Rhode Island Historical Society.] The Family History Library has a microfilm copy. {{FHL|276826|item|disp=FHL film 022423}} and {{FHL|303321|item|disp=FHL film 022392 index}}. | *''Collection Rhode Island Family Records'' by Martha A. Benns. This is a collection of will abstracts and family records at the [http://www.rihs.org/libraryhome.htm Rhode Island Historical Society.] The Family History Library has a microfilm copy. {{FHL|276826|item|disp=FHL film 022423}} and {{FHL|303321|item|disp=FHL film 022392 index}}. | ||
Many additional collections, some of which are listed in the Family History Library Catalog, are described in Rhode Island Sources for Family Historians and Genealogists (see [[Rhode Island For Further Reading]]). | Many additional collections, some of which are listed in the Family History Library Catalog, are described in Rhode Island Sources for Family Historians and Genealogists (see [[Rhode Island For Further Reading]]). | ||
To locate genealogies through the Family History Library catalog, use the Place-names Search for: | |||
:*RHODE ISLAND - GENEALOGY | |||
:*RHODE ISLAND, [COUNTY] - GENEALOGY | |||
=== Published Genealogies and Indexes === | === Published Genealogies and Indexes === | ||