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''[[United States|United States ]] >  [[United States Census|U.S. Census ]] >  [[Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]  >  [[Rhode_Island_Census|Census]]''  
''[[United States|United States ]] >  [[United States Census|U.S. Census ]] >  [[Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]  >  [[Rhode Island Census|Census]]''  


=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
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| valign="middle" | <center><font size="+1">'''Tips'''</font></center>
*If at first you don't find a name, try again under [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada|another spelling]].
*[[Copying Sources|Photocopy]] each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
*Look for an ancestor in '''''every''''' census during her or his lifetime.
*On the [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|family group record]] show&nbsp;each person's census listings.
*Study&nbsp;others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in [[Research a Family in Community Context|community context]].


For a list of available and missing Rhode Island censuses, [[Rhode Island Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>
<br>  


== Availability  ==
*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[Rhode Island Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].


'''1790-1930--'''Federal census records are available for Rhode Island from 1790 to 1930.
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'''''1850 United States Census'''''—A free Internet index and images to the 1850 United States Census can be viewed on the [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1401638 FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site]. This index includes every name listed on the census and is linked to an image including information about each person’s residence and age in 1850, birthplace, occupation, other family members, and neighbors.
=== Online Rhode Island indexes and images ===


<br>'''1860 United States Census'''''—''A free Internet index and images to the 1860 United States Census can be viewed on the [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1473181 FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site.] This index includes every name listed on the census and is linked to an image including information about each person’s residence and age in 1860, birthplace, occupation, other family members, whether married or single, and neighbors.
{{Census Online Rhode Island}}


'''&nbsp;1870 United States Census---'''A free internet index and images can be viewed on [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1438024 FamilySearch Record Pilot site]. This index includes the full name, age, sex, race, birthplace, occupation, month if born in census year, month if married in census year, birth place of father and mother, if born in a foreign country.
=== Federal population schedules  ===


'''1880 United States Census'''– A Free Internet Index and Images to the US Census can be viewed on the [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1417683 Family Search Record Pilot – Pilot Site.] This index includes an every name index to population schedules listing inhabitants. It includes the full name, race, sex, age, birth month (if born during the previous year), relationship to head of household, whether married, single or divorced, whether married during the previous year, country or state of birth of each person and his parent’s, occupation and street address and house number.
==== Microfilm images  ====


'''1890 Census--'''The 1890 census was destroyed.
*


'''1900 Federal Census''' - A free Internet index and images to the 1900 United States Census can be viewed on the&nbsp; [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1236863911171_679" />]. Important additions to this census are month and year of birth of each household member, number of years married for each married person, number of children born to each mother and the number of those still living, year of immigration, and number of years in the United States.
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====


== Historical Background  ==
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Rhode Island, [[Rhode Island Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]


'''1790--'''Rhode Island became the 9th state in the Union in 1790.
=== Federal non-population schedules  ===


== Indexes ==
==== Online indexes and images ====


'''1790-1870 Indexes--'''Statewide indexes are available for the 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses in book form and for 1790 to 1850 on microfiche.  
{| width="77%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="center"
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Rhode Island'''</font>
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="2" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Pay'''
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Year'''
| width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Type'''
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Record Search'''
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Census Bureau'''
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Google Book'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Heritage Quest'''  
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry FHL'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Library'''
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home'''
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| '''1890'''
| width="20%" | Veterans
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
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| '''1880'''
| width="20%" | Mortality
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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| '''1870'''
| Mortality
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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| '''1860'''
| Mortality
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
| '''1850'''
| Mortality
| align="center" | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1420441 Link]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -  
| align="center" | -  
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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| '''1840'''
| Pensioners
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf BookLink]
| align="center" | [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ&dq=1840+census+pensioners&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=W0XUmfgahX&sig=WRyMIVwiePLwKmlxhbchJl1ZeeA&hl=en&ei=SJ0MSvSrBqOMtgf19I2FCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10#PPA61,M1 BookLink]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
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'''Soundex--'''A soundex (phonetic) index is available on microfilm for part of the 1880, 1910 and all of the 1900, and 1920 censuses.<br>
==== Microfilm images  ====


== Special Censuses  ==
*


==== Colonial Censuses ====
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book ====


'''1747 to 1754, 1774, 1782--'''Colonial censuses (or similar lists of names) exist for 1747 to 1754, 1774, and 1782. These generally name the head of the household and the number of persons in the family. Many of these have been published, such as:<br>
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Rhode Island, [[Rhode Island Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].


*John R. Bartlett, comp., ''Census of the Inhabitants of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1774 ''(Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=38320&disp=Census+of+the+inhabitants+of+the+colony+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 974.5 X2pb, fiche 6046611]).
=== State and colonial censuses  ===


A census of all males 16 or older was taken in 1777. See the following:<br>
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| bgcolor="#99cc99" align="center" colspan="90" | '''Rhode Island state and colonial census schedules'''<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), 99-101.</ref><ref>Henry J. Dubester, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37244714 State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States]'' (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948), 54-57, 71-72.</ref>
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| width="90" bgcolor="#99cc99" align="center" | '''Exact Date'''
| width="600" bgcolor="#99cc99" align="center" | '''Population Schedules'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1935''' *
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Exist
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| align="left" | '''1925'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;Exist
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1915'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Exist
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| align="left" | '''1905'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;Exist
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1895'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;All lost, except Warren Town in Bristol County.
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| align="left" | '''1885'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;Exist
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1875'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Exist
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| align="left" | '''1865'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;Exist
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1855'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Providence City only.
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| align="left" | '''1782&nbsp;'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;Exist, combination of census and tax lists.
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1777'''&nbsp;
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Exist, except for the towns of&nbsp;Exeter, Little Compton,&nbsp;Middletown, Newport, New Shoreham, and Portsmouth.&nbsp;
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| align="left" | '''1774'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;Exist
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1747'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Census of freemen; very illegible.&nbsp;
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*Mildred M. Chamberlain, ''The Rhode Island 1777 Military Census'' (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.5+M2cm book 974.5 M2cm]). <br>
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Although the schedules are dated January through March 1936, the data refers to 1935 and this is officially referred to as the 1935 census.<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1264208282060_77" /><br>  
*Linda L. Matthew, "1774 Census of Rhode Island" in ''Rhode Island Roots:&nbsp;Journal of the Rhode Island Genealogical Society, 35, no. 4''&nbsp;(Dec 2009): 193 (last of production started 6 years earlier)


==== Mortality Schedules<br> ====
'''1865''' An index to the 1865 census is on Family History Library films 934776-99.


Mortality schedules exist for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Copies of these are at:  
'''1747 to 1754, 1774, 1782''' These censuses generally name the head of the household and the number of persons in the family. Many of these have been published, for example:  


Rhode Island State Library<br>State House, Room 208<br>Providence, Rhode Island 02903.<br>
*Mildred M. Chamberlain, ''The Rhode Island 1777 Military Census'' (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.5+M2cm book 974.5 M2cm]). <br>


[http://mortalityschedules.com/ Mortality Schedules 1850-1880]  
*John R. Bartlett, comp., ''Census of the Inhabitants of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1774 ''(Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=38320&disp=Census+of+the+inhabitants+of+the+colony+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 974.5 X2pb, fiche 6046611]).
*Linda L. Matthew, "1774 Census of Rhode Island" in ''Rhode Island Roots:&nbsp;Journal of the Rhode Island Genealogical Society, 35, no. 4''&nbsp;(Dec 2009): 193 (Last of the publication which started 6 years earlier).


== State Censuses  ==
The original 1865, 1875, 1885, and 1905 to 1936 state censuses are at the Rhode Island State Archives.


'''1865 to 1936--'''State censuses were taken at 10-year intervals from 1865 to 1936. (The 1936 census was actually taken during 1935-36.) The 1895 census is missing. Microfilm copies are at the Family History Library for the complete 1865, 1875, 1885, 1915, 1925, and 1936 censuses. <br>
=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
 
An index to the 1865 census is on Family History Library films 934776-99. The original 1865, 1875, 1885, and 1905 to 1936 state censuses are at the Rhode Island State Archives. The state censuses provide information similar to that in the federal censuses.<br>
 
== Territorial Censuses ==
 
Rhode Island does not have a territorial census as it was never a territory.
 
== Web Sites  ==
 
Ancestry:&nbsp; [http://www.ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com]
 
Heritage Quest Online:&nbsp; [http://www.heritagequestonline.com http://www.heritagequestonline.com]
 
Census Online:&nbsp; [http://www.census-online.com/links/RI/ http://www.census-online.com/links/RI/]


Genealogy Today:&nbsp; [http://dir.genealogytoday.com/usa/ri/census.html http://dir.genealogytoday.com/usa/ri/census.html]
For a list of available and missing Rhode Island censuses, [[Rhode Island Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>


Access Genealogy:&nbsp; [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/census/rhodeisland.htm http://www.accessgenealogy.com/census/rhodeisland.htm]
=== Why use a census?  ===


Mortality Schedules:&nbsp; [http://mortalityschedules.com/ http://mortalityschedules.com/]
A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.  


Rhode Island Census (Census Finder)&nbsp; [http://www.censusfinder.com/rhode_island.htm http://www.censusfinder.com/rhode_island.htm]
=== More about censuses  ===


== References  ==
[[United States Census|Click here]] for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:


''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Rhode_Island.ASP Rhode Island Research Outline].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.
:*[[United States Census Searching|index searching tips]]
:*[[United States Census Analyzing Census Data|analyzing and using what you find]]
:*[[United States Census Accuracy|census accuracy]]
:*[[United States Census Historical Background|historical background]]
:*[[United States Census#Contents_of_Federal_Censuses|contents of various census years and types]]


== Sources and Notes ==
=== Sources and footnotes ===


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Tips
  • If at first you don't find a name, try again under another spelling.
  • Photocopy each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
  • Look for an ancestor in every census during her or his lifetime.
  • On the family group record show each person's census listings.
  • Study others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in community context.


  • For a list of the exact date of each federal census, click here.

Online Rhode Island indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Template:Census Online Rhode Island

Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Rhode Island, click here

Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Rhode Island

Free Free at Some Libraries (usually with library card) Pay
Year Type Record Search Census Bureau Google Book Heritage Quest Ancestry FHL Ancestry Library Ancestry Home
1890 Veterans - - - - Link Link Link
1880 Mortality - - - - Link Link Link
1870 Mortality - - - - Link Link Link
1860 Mortality - - - - Link Link Link
1850 Mortality Link - - - Link Link Link
1840 Pensioners - BookLink BookLink - Link Link Link

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Rhode Island, click here.

State and colonial censuses[edit | edit source]

Rhode Island state and colonial census schedules[1][2]
Exact Date Population Schedules
1935 *  Exist
1925  Exist
1915  Exist
1905  Exist
1895  All lost, except Warren Town in Bristol County.
1885  Exist
1875  Exist
1865  Exist
1855  Providence City only.
1782   Exist, combination of census and tax lists.
1777   Exist, except for the towns of Exeter, Little Compton, Middletown, Newport, New Shoreham, and Portsmouth. 
1774  Exist
1747  Census of freemen; very illegible. 

*Although the schedules are dated January through March 1936, the data refers to 1935 and this is officially referred to as the 1935 census.

1865 An index to the 1865 census is on Family History Library films 934776-99.

1747 to 1754, 1774, 1782 These censuses generally name the head of the household and the number of persons in the family. Many of these have been published, for example:

  • Mildred M. Chamberlain, The Rhode Island 1777 Military Census (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985; Family History Library book 974.5 M2cm).
  • John R. Bartlett, comp., Census of the Inhabitants of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1774 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969; Family History Library book 974.5 X2pb, fiche 6046611).
  • Linda L. Matthew, "1774 Census of Rhode Island" in Rhode Island Roots: Journal of the Rhode Island Genealogical Society, 35, no. 4 (Dec 2009): 193 (Last of the publication which started 6 years earlier).

The original 1865, 1875, 1885, and 1905 to 1936 state censuses are at the Rhode Island State Archives.

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing Rhode Island censuses, click here.

Why use a census?[edit | edit source]

A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.

More about censuses[edit | edit source]

Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:

Sources and footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), 99-101.
  2. ↑ Henry J. Dubester, State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948), 54-57, 71-72.
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