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Vital records, as their name suggests, are
connected with central life events: birth,
marriage, and death. Maintained by civil
authorities, they are prime sources of
genealogical information; but, unfortunately,
official vital records are available only for
relatively recent periods. These records,
despite their recent creation in the United
States, are critically important in genealogical
research, often supplying details on family
members well back into the nineteenth century.
The Source: A Guidebook of
American Genealogy,
by Loretto Szucs and Sandra Luebking.
Division of Vital
Records
Rhode Island Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill, Room 101
Providence, RI 02908-5097
State office
keeps birth and marriage records for 100 years
and keeps death records for 50 years. For
earlier records, write to the city/town clerk
where the event occurred or to the Rhode Island
State Archives, 337Westminster Street,
Providence, RI 02903. Additional copies of the
same record ordered at the same time are$10.00
each.
Money order should be made payable to
General Treasurer, State of Rhode Island. To
verify current fees, the telephone number is
(401) 277-2811. This will be a recorded message.
Birth
$15.00 1899 to present
Death $15.00 1949 to present
Divorce
$3.00
Clerk of Family Court
1 Dorrance Plaza
Providence, RI 02903
Marriage
$15.00
Ancestry.com -
Rhode Island Births, 1636-1930
Rhode Island Marriages, 1636-1930 -
This collection contains
records from the following locations:
Providence Births 1636-1920,
Providence Marriages 1851-1920, Providence
Deaths 1636-1930, Bristol County - Barrington,
Bristol, and Warren, Kent County - Coventry,
East Greenwich, Warwick, and West Greenwich,
Washington County - Charlestown, Exeter,
Hopkinton, North Kingstown, Richmond, South
Kingstown, and Westerly.
Rhode Island State Database
Division of Vital
Records
Rhode Island Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill, Room 101
Providence, RI 02908-5097 |
