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== Online Resources == | |||
*'''1636-1936''' {{FSC|676572|item|disp=Rhode Island Boundaries: 1636-1936}}(*) by John Hutchins Cady at FamilySearch Catalog - images only | *'''1636-1936''' {{FSC|676572|item|disp=Rhode Island Boundaries: 1636-1936}}(*) by John Hutchins Cady at FamilySearch Catalog - images only | ||
*'''1638-1644''' {{FSC|838527|item|disp=Records of Rhode Island, 1638-1644 (Includes Records of Land)}}(*) Microfilm of Manuscripts in the Rhode Island State Archives at FamilySearch Catalog - images | *'''1638-1644''' {{FSC|838527|item|disp=Records of Rhode Island, 1638-1644 (Includes Records of Land)}}(*) Microfilm of Manuscripts in the Rhode Island State Archives at FamilySearch Catalog - images | ||
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*'''1659-1887''' {{FSC|838523|item|disp=Fones Record, ca. 1659-1887}}(*) by John Fones - Original Records in the Rhode Island State Archives at FamilySearch Catalog - images only | *'''1659-1887''' {{FSC|838523|item|disp=Fones Record, ca. 1659-1887}}(*) by John Fones - Original Records in the Rhode Island State Archives at FamilySearch Catalog - images only | ||
*'''1686-1826''' {{FSC|105034|item|disp=Peirce Manuscripts of Rhode Island Land Evidences 1686-1826}}(*) by Louise Prosser Bates - Microfilm of Manuscripts in the Rhode Island Historical Society at FamilySearch Catalog - images only | *'''1686-1826''' {{FSC|105034|item|disp=Peirce Manuscripts of Rhode Island Land Evidences 1686-1826}}(*) by Louise Prosser Bates - Microfilm of Manuscripts in the Rhode Island Historical Society at FamilySearch Catalog - images only | ||
*'''1700s''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3615/ Native Soil Manuscripts Index (Includes Rhode Island)] at Ancestry - index only | *'''1700s''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3615/ Native Soil Manuscripts Index (Includes Rhode Island)] at Ancestry - index only($) | ||
*'''1731-1773''' {{FSC|838531|item|disp=Accounts of the Agents of the Colony of Rhode Island, 1731-1773}}(*) by Richard Partridge, Joseph Sherwood, & Rhode Island. House of Commons at FamilySearch Catalog - images only | *'''1731-1773''' {{FSC|838531|item|disp=Accounts of the Agents of the Colony of Rhode Island, 1731-1773}}(*) by Richard Partridge, Joseph Sherwood, & Rhode Island. House of Commons at FamilySearch Catalog - images only | ||
*'''1747-1750''' {{FSC|10317|item|disp=Miscellaneous Certificates and Rough Drafts: 1747-1750}}(*) Microfilm of Manuscripts from the Rhode Island State Archives at FamilySearch Catalog - images | *'''1747-1750''' {{FSC|10317|item|disp=Miscellaneous Certificates and Rough Drafts: 1747-1750}}(*) Microfilm of Manuscripts from the Rhode Island State Archives at FamilySearch Catalog - images | ||
*'''1786-1803''' {{FSC|349659|item|disp=Account Book, A-B, 1786-1803}}(*) Rhode Island. Grand Committee Office at FamilySearch Catalog - images only | *'''1786-1803''' {{FSC|349659|item|disp=Account Book, A-B, 1786-1803}}(*) Rhode Island. Grand Committee Office at FamilySearch Catalog - images only | ||
*'''1886-1930''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1994/ U.S., Department of the Interior Decisions on Pensions and Bounty-Land Claims, 1886-1930 (Includes Rhode Island)] at Ancestry - index & images | *'''1886-1930''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1994/ U.S., Department of the Interior Decisions on Pensions and Bounty-Land Claims, 1886-1930 (Includes Rhode Island)] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text Full-Text Search - Land Records] at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00oMDsAsSw How to Search] | |||
==Rhode Island Land Records== | |||
=== 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. | ||
Land evidences can also be found in:<br> | |||
Land evidences | |||
*''Records of Rhode Island, 1638-1644'', (Microfilm of manuscripts in the Rhode Island State Archives in Providence, Rhode Island. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974.) {{FSC|838527|item|disp=FS Library film 954960 Item 3}} | *''Records of Rhode Island, 1638-1644'', (Microfilm of manuscripts in the Rhode Island State Archives in Providence, Rhode Island. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974.) {{FSC|838527|item|disp=FS Library film 954960 Item 3}} | ||
*Dorothy Worthington, ''Rhode Island Land Evidences'', 1921, Reprint (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970; {{WorldCat|70071|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; FamilySearch Library 1921 ed. on {{FSC|106372|item}} FS Library film 564389; index on {{FSC|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] | *Dorothy Worthington, ''Rhode Island Land Evidences'', 1921, Reprint (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970; {{WorldCat|70071|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; FamilySearch Library 1921 ed. on {{FSC|106372|item}} FS Library film 564389; index on {{FSC|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 {{FSC|106372|item|disp=FS Library film 564389}} | ||
*Louise Prosser Bates, ''Peirce Manuscripts of Rhode Island Land Evidences 1686-1826'', (Microfilm of manuscripts in the Rhode Island Historical Society. | *Louise Prosser Bates, ''Peirce Manuscripts of Rhode Island Land Evidences 1686-1826'', (Microfilm of manuscripts in the Rhode Island Historical Society. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950.) {{FSC|105034|item|disp=FS Library films 22291 and 22292}} <br> | ||
=== Proprietors' Records === | === Proprietors' Records === | ||
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=== Town Records === | === Town Records === | ||
After proprietors sold their land or a town was incorporated, the town recorded deeds and mortgages. The FamilySearch Library has copies of the [[Rhode Island Town Records|town records]] to about 1880. From the | After proprietors sold their land or a town was incorporated, the town recorded deeds and mortgages. The FamilySearch Library has copies of the [[Rhode Island Town Records|town records]] to about 1880. From the {{FSC|50442|item|disp=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 FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]] has more than 250 matching titles for a keyword search of "Rhode Island land records".'''[https://familysearch.org/catalog | The [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]] has more than 250 matching titles for a keyword search of "Rhode Island land records".'''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog Go to the FamilySearch Catalog Online]''' | ||
Deeds and other land records for most | Deeds and other land records for most Rhode Island towns are on film and can be found in the FamilySearch Catalog by doing a [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog Place Search] under: | ||
Rhode Island - LAND AND PROPERTY | Rhode Island - LAND AND PROPERTY | ||
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[[Category:Rhode_Island, United States | [[Category:Rhode_Island, United States]][[Category:Land and Property]] | ||
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