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==== National Archives Northeast Region (Boston) ==== | ==== National Archives Northeast Region (Boston) ==== | ||
[[National Archives Northeast Region (Boston)]][[File:NARA Boston.jpg|thumb|180px|NARA Boston]]<br>380 Trapelo Road<br>Waltham, MA 02452-6399 <br>Telephone: 781-663-0130<br>Fax: 781-663-0154<br>Website: [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/ NARA Northeast Boston] | |||
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:Collects Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and '''Rhode Island''' documents, photos, and maps of 80 federal agencies, War of 1812, fortifications, coastal facilities, World War II research at Harvard and MIT, federal bankruptcy courts, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Navy, Coast Guard, westward expansion, ethnology, genealogy, Revolutionary War, Civil War, captured German records, territorial papers, censuses, passenger arrival records for Boston and New England, and Canadian border crossings.<ref name="DB124">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 124. {{WorldCat|39493985}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br> | :Collects Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and '''Rhode Island''' documents, photos, and maps of 80 federal agencies, War of 1812, fortifications, coastal facilities, World War II research at Harvard and MIT, federal bankruptcy courts, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Navy, Coast Guard, westward expansion, ethnology, genealogy, Revolutionary War, Civil War, captured German records, territorial papers, censuses, passenger arrival records for Boston and New England, and Canadian border crossings.<ref name="DB124">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 124. {{WorldCat|39493985}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br> | ||
==== American-French Genealogical Society ==== | ==== American-French Genealogical Society ==== | ||
[[American-French Genealogical Society]]<br> | [[American-French Genealogical Society]]<br> | ||
P.O. Box 2010<br>78 Earle Street<br>Woonsocket, RI 02895<br>Telephone: 401-765-6141<br>Fax: 401-765-6141<br>Website: [http://www.afgs.org/ American-French Genealogical Society]<br> | P.O. Box 2010<br>78 Earle Street<br>Woonsocket, RI 02895<br>Telephone: 401-765-6141<br>Fax: 401-765-6141<br>Website: [http://www.afgs.org/ American-French Genealogical Society]<br> | ||
:Has collections pertaining to cultural, genealogical, historical and biographical matter relating to Americans of French and French Canadian descent. Collections include databases, cemetery, headstone and obituary records, as well as French-American marriage records for Rhode Island (see The Forget Files). The website has genealogy links and includes a section on Acadian heritage. | :Has collections pertaining to cultural, genealogical, historical and biographical matter relating to Americans of French and French Canadian descent. Collections include databases, cemetery, headstone and obituary records, as well as French-American marriage records for Rhode Island (see The Forget Files). The website has genealogy links and includes a section on Acadian heritage.<br> | ||
=== Statewide Archives === | === Statewide Archives === | ||
==== Rhode Island State Archives ==== | ==== Rhode Island State Archives ==== | ||
[[Rhode Island State Archives|Rhode Island State Archives]]<br> | [[Rhode Island State Archives|Rhode Island State Archives]]<br> | ||
337 Westminster Street<br>Providence, RI 02903-3302<br>Telephone: 401-277-2353<br>Fax: 401-277-3199<br>Website: [http://www.sec.state.ri.us/Archives Rhode Island State Archives]<br> | 337 Westminster Street<br>Providence, RI 02903-3302<br>Telephone: 401-277-2353<br>Fax: 401-277-3199<br>Website: [http://www.sec.state.ri.us/Archives Rhode Island State Archives]<br> | ||
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==== Rhode Island Historical Society ==== | ==== Rhode Island Historical Society ==== | ||
[[File:Rhode_Island_Historical_Society.jpg |thumb|175px | [[Rhode Island Historical Society|Rhode Island Historical Society]][[File:Rhode_Island_Historical_Society.jpg |thumb|175px|Rhode Island Historical Society]]<br> | ||
121 Hope Street<br>Providence, RI 02906<br>Telephone: 401-331-8575<br>Fax: 401-351-0127<br>Website: [http://www.rihs.org/ Rhode Island Historical Society] | 121 Hope Street<br>Providence, RI 02906<br>Telephone: 401-331-8575<br>Fax: 401-351-0127<br>Website: [http://www.rihs.org/ Rhode Island Historical Society] | ||
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==== Rhode Island Genealogical Society ==== | ==== Rhode Island Genealogical Society ==== | ||
P.O. Box 433<br>Greenville, RI 02828<br>Telephone: <br>Website:[http://www.rigensoc.org/ Rhode Island Genealogical Society]<br> | P.O. Box 433<br>Greenville, RI 02828<br>Telephone: <br>Website:[http://www.rigensoc.org/ Rhode Island Genealogical Society]<br> | ||
==== New England Historic Genealogical Society ==== | ==== New England Historic Genealogical Society ==== | ||
[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]][[File:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|thumb|175px|NEHGS Boston]]<br> | |||
[[File:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|thumb|175px|NEHGS Boston | |||
101 Newbury Street<br>Boston, MA 02116-3007<br>Telephone: 617-536-5740<br>Fax: 617-536-7307<br>Website:[http://www.americanancestors.org/ New England Historic Genealogical Society]<br> | 101 Newbury Street<br>Boston, MA 02116-3007<br>Telephone: 617-536-5740<br>Fax: 617-536-7307<br>Website:[http://www.americanancestors.org/ New England Historic Genealogical Society]<br> | ||
:Best overall collection for New England (and '''Rhode Island''') vital records and probates, and excellent collection for Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe. The manuscript collection for members-only has diaries, letters, account books, business papers, church and town records, sermons, maps, wills, deeds, unpublished town and family genealogies, photos, and papers of the region's best genealogists since 1850.<ref name="Wik">"New England Historic Genealogical Society" in ''Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society (accessed 30 August 2010).</ref> <ref>[http://www.americanancestors.org/education/learning-resources/read/using-the-nehgs-library/ Using the NEHGS Library] in ''American Ancestors" (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> <ref name="DB55759">Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.</ref | :Best overall collection for New England (and '''Rhode Island''') vital records and probates, and excellent collection for Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe. The manuscript collection for members-only has diaries, letters, account books, business papers, church and town records, sermons, maps, wills, deeds, unpublished town and family genealogies, photos, and papers of the region's best genealogists since 1850.<ref name="Wik">"New England Historic Genealogical Society" in ''Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society (accessed 30 August 2010).</ref> <ref>[http://www.americanancestors.org/education/learning-resources/read/using-the-nehgs-library/ Using the NEHGS Library] in ''American Ancestors" (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> <ref name="DB55759">Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.</ref><br> | ||
=== Regional Archives === | === Regional Archives === | ||
==== Newport Historical Society ==== | ==== Newport Historical Society ==== | ||
[[Newport Historical Society]]<br> | [[Newport Historical Society]]<br> | ||
82 Touro Street<br>Newport, RI 02840<br>Telephone: 401-846-0813<br>Website: [http://www.newporthistory.org/ Newport Historical Society]<br> | 82 Touro Street<br>Newport, RI 02840<br>Telephone: 401-846-0813<br>Website: [http://www.newporthistory.org/ Newport Historical Society]<br> | ||