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Rhode Island Genealogy & History Books: General Interest
Rhode Island County- or Town- Specific History Books:
Bristol - Newport Counties
Providence - Washington Counties
Rhode Island Folks & Families:
Biographies, Autobiographies, Genealogies, etc., by Surname
Rhode Island Patriots:
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Rhode Island Genealogy CD's (See also: County- and town-specific pages)
Compendium of New England Pioneers
(on CD)

Genealogies of Rhode Island Families
CD
The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island; Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690
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(on CD)

The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633
CD

Some Records of the NORTHUP and TUCKER Families in Rhode Island CD
Early New England Settlers, 1600s-1800s CD
Colonial America, 1607-1789 Census Index
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Connecticut and Rhode Island, 1850 Census Records
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Rhode Island Genealogy & History Books: General Interest
Rhode Island Passenger Lists: Port of Providence, 1798-1808, 1820-1872: Port of Bristol and Warren, 1820-1871: Compiled from United States Custom House Papers

The Narragansett Historical Register
History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Picturesque Rhode Island, Pen and Pencil Sketches
(1881)
Rhode Island Genealogical Register 
Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England and Their Origins
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at the End of the Century: A History
(1902)
The Third Record-Book of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
(1911)
Rhode Island 1782 Census
Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island; Genealogical Records and Historical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Old Families...
(1908)
Register of Seamen's Protection Certificates from the Providence, Rhode Island Customs District, 1796-1870

New England Marriages Prior to 1700
Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England, 1620-1675

Civil and Military List of Rhode Island, 1647-1800: A List of All Officers Elected by the General Assembly from the Organization of the Legislature Government of the Colony to 1800
Art of Family: Genealogical Artifacts in New England

Rhode Island Freeman 1747-1755: a Census of Registered Voters
Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society
Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from Rhode Island Periodicals
Genealogies of Rhode Island Families. From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register
Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690...
"This legendary work consists of alphabetically arranged
genealogical tables of approximately 500 Rhode Island families, representing
thousands of descendants of pre--1690 settlers, all carried to the third
generation, and some--about 100 families-- carried to the fourth. The majority
of the entries contain records of births and, in all but the last generation,
marriages, deaths, and places of residence, with excerpts from wills and deeds
and other court records. Our reprint contains the following added material:
(1) additions and corrections consisting of 104 pages by G. Andrews Moriarty;
(2) manuscript notations and marginalia in various hands, including
cross-references to material in The American Genealogist; and (3) a Foreword
by Albert T. Klyberg, director of the Rhode Island Historical Society.
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Rhode Island Arms Makers and Gunsmiths, 1643-1883
"A serious and informative study by well known and respected authority, William O. Achtermeier. This hardcover book contains information on an important area of American arms making."
Italian-Americans in Rhode Island (Images of America)
Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families, 1620-1700
"A highly esteemed guide to New England ancestry, this work consists of an alphabetically arranged list of nearly 15,000 heads of families who arrived in New England in the 17th century. For each, the known facts are supplied, and this includes the earliest place of residence in New England, the place of emigration, where the emigrant moved to in New England, occupation, dates of birth and death, the derivation of surnames, and the source citations."
Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Rhode Island 
Rhode Island Land Evidences
Brotherly Love: Murder and the
Politics of Prejudice in Nineteenth-Century Rhode Island
"An intriguing account of a New England rush to judgment in the Jacksonian Era. The murder of textile manufacturer Amasa Sprague on New Year's Eve 1843 in Spragueville, Rhode Island, launched an enthusiastic but careless manhunt led by the victim's brother William (US senator from Rhode Island) and carried out by longtime residents of town. ... "
Lord, Please Don't Take Me in August: African Americans in Newport and Saratoga Springs, 1870-1930
Rand McNally Co. 's 1901 Colour Map of the State of Rhode Island
Runaways, Deserters, and Notorious Villains from Rhode Island Newspapers

Off Soundings:
Aspects of the Maritime History of Rhode Island
The Maritime Album. 100 Photographs and Their Stories.
Memoir Concerning the French Settlements and French Settlers in the Colony of Rhode Island 
Rhode Island Imprints: A List of Books, Pamphlets, Newspapers and Broadsides Printed at Newport, Providence, Warren Rhode Island Between 1727 and 1800

Ancestry of Thirty-Three Rhode Islanders (Born in the Eighteenth Century)

Traveling Around Aquidneck Island 1890-1930 (How We Got Around)

Historic Highway Bridges of Rhode Island
Picturesque Narragansett. An Illustrated Guide to the Cities, Towns and Famous Resorts of Rhode Island
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Rhode Island Folks & Families:
Biographies, Autobiographies, Genealogies, etc., by Surname
Little Compton Families

Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas ANGELL, Who Settled in Providence, 1636

The AVERY, FAIRCHILD & PARK Families of Massachusetts, Connecticut, & Rhode Island
Record of Ancestors and Descendants of Edward BARBER of Hopkinton, Rhode Island and wife Phebe TILLINGHAST
Historical and Genealogical Record of the Descendants as far as known of Richard and Joan BORDEN who Settled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island May 1638; with Historical and Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Descendants
Record of the Descendants of Charles BOWLER. England-1740-America, Who Settled in Newport, Rhode Island 
BROWN Families of Bristol Counties, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, from the Immigrants...

The BROWNs of Providence Plantation
Ancestry of Jeremy CLARKE of Rhode Island and DUNGAN Genealogy


A Brief Sketch of Family History of Walter W. CORNELL, Showing Both Paternal and Maternal Lines of Descent From Thomas CORNELL of Portsmouth, Rhode Island and the Father of Sir Francis DRAKE, the Navigator 
The Two Williams: William King COVELL, 1802-1890 & William King COVELL, 1833-1919. Story of Nineteenth (19th) Century Newport, Rhode Island & Wilmington, North Carolina

FALES Family of Bristol, Rhode Island; Ancestry of Haliburton FALES of New York

FINNEY - PHINNEY Families in America: Descendants of John FINNEY of Plymouth and Barnstable, Massachusetts and Bristol, Rhode Island; of Samuel FINNEY of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and of Robert FINNEY of New London, Pennsylvania
GARDINER-GARDNER Genealogy: Including the English Ancestry of George GARDINER, Immigrant Ancestor of Newport, R.I., and Many of His Descendants...

The GARDINERs of Narragansett: Being a Genealogy of the Descendants of George GARDINER the Colonist, 1638
GORHAM Family in Rhode Island
Samuel GORTON of Rhode Island and His Descendants
Life and Times of Samuel GORTON...and a History. of the Colony of Providence and Rhode Island Plantations
The GOULDs of Rhode Island
The Edward GRANT Family and Related Families in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and California: A Multi-Ancestor Genealogy With Historical Notes 
The GREENEs of Rhode Island, with Historical Records of English Ancestry, 1534-1902

GREENEs of Warwick in Colonial History

The Jonny-Cake Papers of "Shepherd Tom" Together with Reminiscences of Naragansett Schools of Former Days
HAZARD
The Descendants of Benjamin JAMES, Narragansett, 1665
Randall LEWIS of Hopkinton, Rhode Island and Delaware County, New York and Some of His Descendents
The MAXSON Family
Descendants of Nathaniel MOWRY, of Rhode Island 
Some Records of the NORTHUP and TUCKER Families in Rhode Island
CDThe PERRYs of Rhode Island... the BOSWORTH - BOURN - PERRY Homestead
PIERCE Genealogy: Being a Partial Record of the Posterity of Richard PEARCE, an Early inhabitant of Portsmouth in Rhode Island, Who Came From England and Whose Genealogy is Traced Back to 972
REED - READ Lineage, Captain John REED of Providence, Rhode Island and Norwalk, Connecticut

Recollections of Olden Times: Rowland ROBINSON of Narragansett and His Unfortunate Daughter, with Genealogy of the ROBINSON and HAZARD Families of Rhode Island. Also, Genealogical Sketch of the HAZARDs of the Middle States
An Early New England Marriage Dower With Notes on the Lineage of Richard SCOTT of Providence
William TANNER of North Kingston, Rhode Island and His Descendants
A Partial Record of the Descendants of John TEFFT, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and the Nearly Complete Record of the Descendants of John TIFFT, of Nassau, New York 
The Diary of Capt. Samuel TILLINGHAST of Warwick, Rhode Island, 1757-1766

Nicholas UTTER of Westerly, Rhode Island and a Few of His Descendants

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John VAUGHAN Settled Newport, Rhode Island, 1638: A Genealogical Record of His Descendants Including Twelve Branches Started By Twelve Pioneers who left Rhode Island
Correspondence of Governor Samuel WARD: May 1775-March 1776 and Genealogy of the WARD Family (Thomas WARD, Son of John of Newport and Some of His Descendants)

The American Family of John WATSON of the Narragansett Country, Rhode Island
Original 19th-Century Photo Collection:
Collection of 35 cabinet and CDV photos, circa 1870-1900 of WILLIAMS Family, Bristol, Rhode Island
WILLIAMS: Roger Williams of Providence, RI
A WINSOR Family History
History of the WINSOR, ANGELL, and DRAPER families in Rhode Island.
The Little Compton WOODs; Fourth & Fifth Generations of WOOD Descendants in Little Compton, Rhode Island
One Hundred Ninety-six Grandparents: Some Descendants of John WOOD of Rhode Island (1655) and Some of Their Ancestors

Some Records of Persons by the Name of WORDEN, Particularly of Over One Thousand of the Ancestors, Kin, and Descendants of John and Elizabeth WORDEN
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Rhode Island Patriots:
Military History
"Death Seem'd to Stare": The New Hampshire and Rhode Island Regiments at Valley Forge

Revolutionary Defences in Rhode Island an Historical Account of the Fortifications and Beacons Erected During the American Revolution, with Muster Rolls of the Companies Stationed Along the Shores of Narragansett Bay. With Maps, Plans, and Illustrations
(1896)
The History of the Great Indian War of 1675 and 1676, Commonly Called Philip's War. Also, the Old French and Indian Wars from 1689 to 1704, by Thomas Church, Esp. With Numerous Notes and an Appendix
The Rhode Island Military Census-1777
The History of Warren, Rhode Island, in The War of the Revolution, 1776-1783
The Medals and Tokens of Rhode Island 
King Philip's War: Based on the
Archives and Records of Massachusetts, Plymouth, Rhode Island and Connecticut,
and Contemporary Letters
History Of The Twelfth Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers In The Civil War
The History of Battery B, 1st
Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery
Rhode Island in the Colonial Wars:
A List of Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors in King George's War, 1740-1748,
and A List of Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors in the Old French & Indian
War, 1755-1762
Touched by the Dragon:
Experiences of Vietnam Veterans from Newport County, Rhode
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Uniquely Rhode Island: Vintage Postcards, Screensavers, Cookbooks, Maps & More
Original Historic Newspaper:
The Providence Daily Post: February 18, 1863 
Down by the Old Mill Stream: Quilts in Rhode Island
Rhode Island Off the Beaten Path: A Guide to Unique Places
Art of the State: Rhode Island
"Founded by independent thinker Roger Williams, Rhode Island was the first colony to declare independence from England, and the last to ratify the Constitution. Rhode Island may be the smallest state, but it boasts beautiful beaches, the Narragansett Bay, splendid Newport mansions, boat races, and music festivals. This illustrated tribute captures all that is special about a state that is home to Brown University, costume jewelry giants Monet and Trifari, Hasbro toys, and more artists per capita than any other state. 120 illustrations, 100 in full color."
Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island

Official Gazetteer of Rhode Island. Compiled by the Rhode Island Geographic Board in Cooperation with the United States Geographic Board
(1932)
1933 Map: Newport and the Historic Island of Rhode Island. on the Scenic Route to Sakonnet Cape Cod and New England's Greatest Seashore Resorts

Original 1870 Map: Map of Warwick, Kent County
From the seller: "This map is from the Atlas of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations from Actual Surveys and Official Records compiled and published by D. G. Beers and Co. in 1870. Warwick in Kent County is illustrated on this map. Six insets show Rockland, Richmond, Saundersville, Glen Rock, Clayville, and Pontiac at a greater scale. Some local businesses are listed by the maps. Details include town names, major streets, lakes, rivers, parks and paths , important buildings, the names and locations of major land owners and businesses, and railroads. This beautiful hand colored pastel map would make a great gift for a resident of the area interested in local history. MAKER: D. G. Beers CONDITION: "Very Good-light foxing, repair to separation of center fold" SIZE:14 1/2 x 24 Year:1870."
Original 1870 Map: Richmond, Washington County, RI
From the seller: "This map is from the Atlas of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations from Actual Surveys and Official Records compiled and published by D. G. Beers and Co. in 1870. The city of Richmond and the vicinity in Washington County are illustrated on this page. Details include town names, street plans, lakes, rivers, parks, important buildings, the names and locations of major land owners and businesses, and railroads. This beautiful hand colored pastel map would make a great gift for a resident of the area interested in local history. MAKER: D. G. Beers CONDITION: "Very Good, minor foxing" SIZE:14 1/2 x 11 3/4 Year:1870."
Original 1870 Map: Hopkinton, Washington County, RI
From the seller: "This map is from the Atlas of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations from Actual Surveys and Official Records compiled and published by D. G. Beers and Co. in 1870. Hopkinton in Washington County is illustrated on this map. A list of local businesses in Ashville is provided, including the names, service or product and general location of the business. Details include town names, street plans, lakes, rivers, parks, important buildings, the names and locations of major land owners and businesses, and railroads. This beautiful hand colored pastel map would make a great gift for a resident of the area interested in local history. MAKER: D. G. Beers CONDITION: "Very Good, very light foxing" SIZE:16 x 11 3/4 Year:1870."
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