Categories:
RIHS Collections | Academic Research Fellowships | Rhode Island State Sites | Rhode Island City and Town Websites | Rhode Island/New England Genealogical Sites | Rhode Island Libraries & Historical Societies | Cemeteries | Religious Information | National Genealogical Sites | Native American | Ethnic | African-American | Passenger Lists | Military Sites | Educational Sites | Historical Sites | Miscellaneous Rhode Island Sites  

Academic Research Fellowships:
New England Regional Fellowship Consortium (NERFC)
John Nicholas Brown Center Research Fellowships
John Carter Brown Library Fellowship Program

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Rhode Island State Sites:
State of Rhode Island
Rhode Island State Archives
Rhode Island Historical Records Advisory Board (includes links to Rhode Island historical societies, museums, libraries, etc.)
Rhode Island Department of Health
Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission
Rhode Island Judicial Records Center

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Additional information on the 39 Rhode Island cities and towns such as statistics, histories, demographics and links can also be found on the web site of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation.

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Rhode Island/New England Genealogical Sites:
Rhode Island Genealogical Society (RIGS)
Rhode Island USGenWeb
Roger Williams Family Association
New England Yearly Meeting of Friends (NEYM)
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Massachusetts State Archives
Connecticut State Library
Cyndi's List - Rhode Island

Census Finder - Rhode Island Census Records

Rhode Island Society of Mayflower Descendants

Rhode Island State Society - Daughters of the American Revolution

Rhode Island Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America

New England Roots
Whaling Archives (1807-1925): New Bedford Free Public Library

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Rhode Island Libraries and Historical Societies:
Providence Public Library

Rhode Island Historical Records Advisory Board - Directory

New England Archivists - Archives in Rhode Island

Rhode Island State Library

Rhode Island Office of Library & Information Services

Cooperating Libraries Automated Network (CLAN)

Redwood Library and Athenaeum

Providence Athenaeum

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Rhode Island Cemeteries:
Rhode Island Cemetery Transcription Project Master Index
Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS)
Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery
Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence: Diocesan Cemeteries in Rhode Island

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Rhode Island Religious Information:
Providence Visitor Online: History of the Catholic Church in Rhode Island

Touro Synagogue Foundation

First Baptist Church in America

Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association

Khmer Buddhist Society of New England

Rhode Island for Community & Justice (Interfaith)

First Unitarian Church of Providence

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National Genealogical Sites:
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Cyndi's List
Ancestry.com
Family Search
RootsWeb

Princeton Public Library: Digital Collections for Genealogy Research

Political Graveyard

Libraries and Museums: Reference Shelf for the Genealogist and Family Historian

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Native American Research:
The Indian and Colonial Research Center (Old Mystic, CT)

Narragansett Indian Tribal List (1881)

Narragansett Indian Tribe

New England Powwow Schedule

Rhode Island Indian Council

Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum

Ethnic Genealogy:
Southern New England Irish

Talking Scot

The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA)

Italian Genealogy.com

American-French Genealogical Society

African-American Research:
Rhode Island Black Heritage Society  

African-American DNA Roots Project

African Ancestored Genealogy

Museum of African American History, Boston

Freedmen's Bureau Online

Passenger Lists:
Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild

Ellis Island Foundation

Passenger Lists Online

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Military Sites:
Revolutionary War
Index of Continental Army Orderly Books

First Rhode Island Regiment of the Continental Line

Gaspee Virtual Archives

Civil War
United States Civil War Center (Louisiana State University)
The Civil War Archive

Civil War Rosters
Rhode Island Volunteers Civil War Re-enactor Association  
Rhode Island Civil War Roundtable  

World War I and II
What did you do in the war Grandma? (Oral Histories)

World War II List of Casualties - Rhode Island

Korean
Korean War Casualty Lists - Rhode Island

Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (official National Park Service site)
The Virtual Wall (Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund site)

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Educational Sites:
RI General Assembly Student/Teacher Guide
KidsKonnect - Rhode Island

Flag Timeline (United States flag)

Historical Sites:
Rhode Island History

WPA Life Histories - Rhode Island (Library of Congress)

Colonial Money of Rhode Island

Earthquake History of Rhode Island
New England Economic Adventure

Rhode Island Postal History Society

American Folklife Center - Rhode island (Library of Congress)

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Miscellaneous Rhode Island Sites:
Rhode Island Vampires (Mercy Brown, Nellie Vaughn)

Rhode Island Council on the Arts

Early Rhode Island Toolmakers and Tradesmen
Providence Grays Baseball Team

Narragansett Bay: A Friend's Perspective
Rhode Island Lighthouses: U.S. Coast Guard Historic Light Station Information & Photography  

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