County Records

• Please call the clerk's department to confirm hours, mailing address, fees and other specifics before
  visiting or requesting information because of sometimes changing contact information.
• All Probate, Deed, Vital and Court records are kept in the Town or City Clerks office. None are kept on the county level. Click the town name below for contact information
• Encompassed Towns:
  Burrillville, Central Falls, Cranston, Cumberland, East Providence, Foster, Glocester, Johnston, Lincoln, North Providence, North Smithfield, Pawtucket , Providence, Scituate, Smithfield, Woonsocket
• Rhode Island State Vital Records Office, 3 Capitol Hill, Rm. 101, Providence, RI 02908-5097; (401) 222-2811
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Genealogical Addresses

• Rhode Island State Archives, 337 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903; (401) 222-2353
• Rhode Island Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 433, Greenville 02828
• Rhode Island Historical Society, 110 Benevolent St, Providence 02906-3103
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Military Resources

• Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900 from the State of Rhode Island (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Pension applications for service in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917, grouped according to the units in which the veterans served.
• Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 from the State of Rhode Island (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Documents in NARA publication M246 include muster rolls, payrolls, strength returns, and other miscellaneous personnel, pay, and supply records of American Army units, 1775-83.
• Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War from the State of Rhode Island (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Documents in NARA publication M246 include muster rolls, payrolls, strength returns, and other miscellaneous personnel, pay, and supply records of American Army units, 1775-83.
• Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files from the State of Rhode Island (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, from NARA publication M804.

County History

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