Rhode Island Vital Records
Many web sites can help you find out more about your Rhode Island ancestors. In the table of information below, you will find many RI web sites organized for you, including the type of record, the title, the web site address, the approx. number of records, the date range, whether or not it is free, and notes about the site. Come back often as we will be adding more and more genealogy web sites to help you learn more about using the Internet to find your genealogy.
Birth, Marriage, and Death Records
| Title of web site | Web site address | # of records | Date Range | Cost or Free | Notes |
| Global Tree Rhode Island Births | www.gencircles.com /globaltree/ and put RI in the birth place field | 0ver 124,000 | varies | Free | A nice searchable site where people put up there own files in hopes to help others and/or get more information. So you would need to go to the submitter of the info to find out how accurate it is. |
| RootsWeb Rhode Island Birth WorldConnect Records | worldconnect.rootsweb.com /cgi-bin/igm.cgi and put Rhode Island in the birth place field | 0ver 570,000 | varies | Free | WorldConnect, sponsored by RootsWeb, is an online genealogy board where people can post their genealogical information as well as their contact information to help in verification. |
| RootsWeb Rhode Island Marriage WorldConnect Records | worldconnect.rootsweb.com /cgi-bin/igm.cgi and put Rhode Island in the marriage place field | 0ver 320,000 | varies | Free | WorldConnect, sponsored by RootsWeb, is an online genealogy board where people can post their genealogical information as well as their contact information to help in verification. |
| RootsWeb Rhode Island Death WorldConnect Records | worldconnect.rootsweb.com /cgi-bin/igm.cgi and put Rhode Island in the death place field | 0ver 290,000 | varies | Free | WorldConnect, sponsored by RootsWeb, is an online genealogy board where people can post their genealogical information as well as their contact information to help in verification. |
| Obiruary Daily Times: Rhode Island | obits.rootsweb.com /cgi-bin/obit.cgi and put RI in the Keyword Search | 0ver 53,000 | more recent dates | Free | Another nice Rootsweb site. The problem is that most of the death records are more recent. But it’s a great start. |
| Global Tree Rhode Island Deaths | www.gencircles.com /globaltree/ and put RI in the death place field | 0ver 59,000 | varies | Free | A nice searchable site where people put up there own files in hopes to help others and/or get more information. So you would need to go to the submitter of the info to find out how accurate it is. |
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