Newport County, RI Sources

• Rhode Island Vital Records Birth Certificate, Death Record, Marriage License & more; County Records
• 1900 Directory Of The First Baptist Church, Newport, Rhode Island
• The 1670 Grand Deed of the area that became Tiverton, signed by "Josiah Winslow Esq. Gov.r of the colony of new plymouth Major William Bradford Treasurer."
• Rhode Island Families Association. Publishers of the Rhode Island Genealogical Register, Rhode Island Vital Records, Rhode Island Wills.
• Newport County Courthouse
43 Broadway
Newport, RI 02840
Telephone: (401) 846-9600
• Murray Judicial Complex
(Superior, Family, and District Courts)
45 Washington Square
Newport, RI  02840
• Portsmouth Asylum History - Detailed, well documented. A scanned copy of the 1851 "Report on the Poor and Insane in Rhode Island" by Thomas Hazard, is included.
• The Portsmouth Cripple: Tales From the Portsmouth Asylum
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - Rhode Island
• Geographic Names Information System - Newport County, Rhode Island. Go to the main Geographic Names Information System - Online Data Base Query Form, and select RI and Newport County.
• US Census Bureau Statistics links to a county map & RI Data Centers.
• Rhode Island Historical Records Repositories Directory Details of what is held by the RI Historical and Preservation Societies
• Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project Master Index - searchable. ALL Counties.

• Little Compton Historical Society, PO Box 577, Little Compton, RI 02837. Information (401) 635-4035. The society's headquarters is in Wilbor House, 548 West Main Road (Route 77), Little Compton.
• Middletown Historical Society, PO Box 4196, Middletown, RI 02842. Telephone (401) 849-1870
• Newport County Genealogical Society, PO Box 4762, Middletown, RI  02842
• Newport Historical Society, 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI 02840, Voice: 401-846-0813 Fax: 401-846-1853
• The Newport Restoration Foundation (buildings)
• Newport County Genealogical Society, NCGS, 1151 Aquidneck Ave. Suite 417, Middletown, RI  02842
• The Preservation Society of Newport County (Mansions, etc.)
• Portsmouth Historical Society, P.O. Box 834, Portsmouth, RI 02871, (870 East Main Road and Union St., Portsmouth) Phone: 401-683-9178, Email: [email protected]. It is in the restored former Christian Union Church. There is a  museum on the first floor with a small research library. The museum and buildings are open Memorial Day through Columbus Day on Sundays from 2 - 4. The oldest standing schoolhouse in Rhode Island is on the same property. Admission is free.

• Rhode Island Consortium of Genealogical and Historical Societies (RICON). This is an informal union of genealogical and historical societies, as well as other organizations which have an interest in Rhode Island family history.
• Rhode Island Historical Records Repositories Directory Details of what is held by the RI Historical and Preservation Societies
• Rhode Island Genealogical Society, PO Box 433, Greenville, RI  02828
• Rhode Island Historical Society, 110 Benevolent Street, Providence, RI 02906
• Rhode Island Historical Society Library, 121 Hope Street, Providence, RI 02906, 401-331-8575
• Burrillville Historical & Preservation Society, PO Box 93, Pascoag, RI 02859, 401-568-8534
• Charlestown Historical Society, Box 100, Charlestown, RI 02813-0100
• The Cranston Historical Society, 1351 Cranston St, Cranston, RI 02920, 401-944-9226
• East Providence Historical Society, 65 Hunts Mills Rd, Rumford, RI 02916. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 4774, East Providence, RI 02916 [In Hunt House, location of their Museum Reference Collection] 401-438-1750
• Pawtuxet Valley Preservation and Historical Society,1679 Main Street, West Warwick, RI 02893, 401-821-9726
• The Pettaquamscutt Historical Society, Inc., 2636 Kingstown Road  (On Rt 138 - Across from URI/Upper College Road ), Kingston, RI 02881, 401-783-1328
• Rhode Island Black Heritage Society, 46 Aborn Street, Providence, RI 02903, 401-751-3490
• Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association, 130 Sessions Street, Providence, RI 02906, 401-331-1360
• Rhode Island State Society DAR National Society Daughters of The American Revolution
• Rhode Island Society, Sons of the American Revolution, c/o Robert Allen Greene, President, Post Office Box 137, East Greenwich, RI 02818
• RI Society of Mayflower Descendants
• Roger Williams Family Association, 35 Hodsell Street, Cranston, RI 02910

• Rhode Island Department of State Library Services (includes online catalogs).
• The HELIN Library Consortium  is composed of ten academic libraries, and fifteen health sciences libraries.
• Newport Public Library, Aquidneck Park 300 Spring St., Newport, RI 02840 (401) 847-8720
Newport genealogical books. Some census, land and probate records on microfilm.
• Newport Historical Society, 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI 02840 (401) 846-0813
• Pre-1783 town records; church records; cemetery records; Newport and RI genealogies.
• Redwood Library & Athenaeum, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, 02840. (401) 847-0292. Has a collection of rare books and early American paintings.
• Portsmouth Free Public Library, 2658 E Main Rd., Portsmouth, RI 02871 (401) 683-9457
• Tiverton Public Library Services, 238 Highland Rd, Tiverton, RI 02878 (401) 625-6796
• Brownell Library Commons, Little Compton, RI 02837 (401) 635-8562
• Jamestown Philomenian Library 26 North Road, Jamestown, RI 02835 (401) 423-7280

• The Navy & Rhode Island: A History. This emphasizes the Navy in the City of Newport.
• 1900 Directory Of The First Baptist Church Newport, Rhode Island
• Touro Synagogue, 85 Touro Street Newport, Rhode Island 02840 (401) 847-4794
• 200 Years of an Ethnic American family: with an emphasis on Newport
• African slave markers in Colonial Newport
• Newport County Chamber of Commerce.
• City of Newport Rhode Island
• Old Colony Railroad History
• Notable Personages in Rhode Island's History, at the Redwood Library and Athenaeum
• Jamestown, RI Community Home Page (plenty of good information).
• Jamestown RI - Rhode Island Visitor Information with pictures & history (includes Newport)
• Jamestown Press (fun to read).
• Jamestown Images, Middletown Images, Little Compton Images and Tiverton Images.
• The History of Fort Adams, Newport
• Visitor's guide to Newport Rhode Island
• Rhode Island History, much of the information is about Newport.
• Early Newport Mass Transit Article
• Corey (Cory, Corry) Genealogy - Portsmouth and Tiverton
• Shermans of Yaxley Genealogy, including Philip Sherman of Rhode Island.

  Some of the Books covering Rhode Island genealogy that are currently being published.

  Newport County Genealogy Books from which you may request a Lookup
          by volunteers.

  The full images for the 1860 Newport County, RI, Federal Census.

  The full images for the 1920 Newport County, RI, Federal Census.

  Rhode Island Reading Room. Genealogy and history articles.

  Newport Chapter, RI Reading Room. Genealogy and history articles.

  More Sources and links are available at the Rhode Island USGenWeb site.

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