NEHGS announces that they are updating their Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850 database with 5 new volumes, adding more than 90,000 records to search. The majority of the added records are compiled marriage and death records from historic newspapers throughout Rhode Island.
This database includes the volumes of vital records that James N. Arnold began publishing in 1891 for the towns of Rhode Island. The series would go on to include church records and newspaper records, ultimately filling twenty-one volumes with information. This re-indexing of the original 2002 database includes records from Volumes 1-12, and 17-21.
All 21 volumes are available for viewing at the NEHGS Research Library, call number F78.A75.
Below is the list of volumes added to the database:
Please note: This database is now available to all NEHGS members, including Guest Members, at no cost.
