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''[[United States | ''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Land and Property|U.S. Land and Property]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rhode Island|Rhode Island ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rhode Island Land and Property|Land and Property]]'' | ||
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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. Land evidences for 1648 to 1696 have also been published in 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]. | 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. Land evidences for 1648 to 1696 have also been published in 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]. | ||
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. | 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. | ||
=== Proprietors' Records === | === Proprietors' Records === | ||
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After proprietors sold their land or a town was incorporated, the town recorded deeds and mortgages. The Family History Library has copies of the [[Rhode Island Town Records|town records]] to about 1880. From the Providence 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. | After proprietors sold their land or a town was incorporated, the town recorded deeds and mortgages. The Family History Library has copies of the [[Rhode Island Town Records|town records]] to about 1880. From the Providence 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 Family History Library Catalog|Family History Library Catalog]] has more than 250 matching titles for a keyword search of "Rhode Island land records".'''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=keywordsearch&columns=*,0,0 Go to the Family History Library Catalog Online]''' | The [[Introduction to the Family History Library Catalog|Family History Library Catalog]] has more than 250 matching titles for a keyword search of "Rhode Island land records".'''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=keywordsearch&columns=*,0,0 Go to the Family History Library Catalog Online]''' | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
''[[Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]'' | ''[[Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]'' | ||
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{{Place|Rhode Island}} | {{Place|Rhode Island}} | ||
[[Category:Rhode_Island|Land]] | [[Category:Rhode_Island|Land]] | ||