Newport County

Genealogy Research in newport county, Rhode island

Research in Rhode Island can be an exciting and rewarding experience. With records available for more than 400 years of the state's history, your family is sure to be found in a variety of records available online and at the many archives and libraries located throughout the state.

African American Genealogy

Do Lord Remember Me: The Black Church in Rhode Island: Redwood Library & Atheneum

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Resources on African American History - Rhode Island Department of Education

Rhode Island African Heritage & History Timeline: 17th through 19th Centuries

Rhode Island Slave History Medallions - Documenting Places and People in the History of Slavery in Rhode Island

Sankofa Community Connection - Newport County, Rhode Island

Archives and Libraries

Brownell Library, Home Of Little Compton

HathiTrust Digital Library - Newport County, Rhode Island

Histopolis - Newport County, Rhode Island

Library of Congress - Newport County, Rhode Island

Middletown Public Library

Newport Public Library Bookmobile

Portsmouth Free Public Library

State Archives - Rhode Island

State Library - Rhode Island

Tiverton Public Library

biographies

Biographies - Newport County Rhode Island

Genealogy Trails History Group - Newport County, Rhode Island Biographies

USGenWeb Archives - The Ancestors of Amasa Manton Chace [Descendant of William Chase]

USGenWeb Archives - Ancestors of Crawford Carter Allen, Including the Carter Line

USGenWeb Archives - Ancesters and Descendants of Philip Sherman of Portsmouth, Newport County, RI

USGenWeb Archives - The Ancestors of Henry Clay Anthony [Descendants of John Anthony of England]

USGenWeb Archives - Descendants of Henry Howland to Daniel, Plus Tilley & Sherman Lines

USGenWeb Archives - Descendants of John Coggeshall, First President of RI

USGenWeb Archives - Lillibridge Family in the United States

USGenWeb Archives - The Peckham Family, from England to Newport, RI

USGenWeb Archives - Wardwell Descendants, from Richard Warren of the Mayflower; Isabella Mein

USGenWeb Archives - Wildbore/Wilbore/Wilbor/Wilbur - Descendants of Samuel Wildbore

USGenWeb Archives - William Ellery was Born and Lived his Life in Newport

cemeteries

Cemetery Records - Newport County Rhode Island

Find A Grave - Newport County, Rhode Island

The Genealogy Trails History Group - Newport County, Rhode Island Cemeteries

GNIS Search Results - Newport County, Rhode Island

God's Little Acre - America's Colonial African Cemetery

Histopolis - Newport County, Rhode Island Cemeteries

Histopolis - Newport County, Rhode Island Graves

LDS Genealogy - Newport County, Rhode Island Cemeteries

Newport County, Rhode Island Cemeteries - FamilySearch

Newport County, Rhode Island Cemeteries - FamilySearch

The Political Graveyard - Newport County, Rhode Island

RIGenWeb Project - Cemeteries in Newport County, Rhode Island

RIGenWeb Project - Gravestone Pictures of Specific Families

RIGenWeb Project - Portsmouth Friends' Churchyard

USGenWeb Archives - Middletown Cemetery; Middleton, Newport County, RI (known as Four Corners Cemetery)

census records

church records

Congregational Library & Archives - Congregationalism's Biggest Mistake

The Genealogy Trails History Group - Newport County, Rhode Island Church Histories/Records

LDS Genealogy - Newport County, Rhode Island Church Records

Newport County, Rhode Island Church Records - FamilySearch

USGenWeb Archives - All Members of the Sabbatarian Church, Newport, RI, From 1671 TO 1836

USGenWeb Archives - Sabbatarian Church (Seventh Day Baptist) Members, Newport, RI, 1671 to 1830

court records

Court Records - Newport County Rhode Island

LDS Genealogy - Newport County, Rhode Island Court Records

Newport County, Rhode Island Courthouse Records

Newport County, Rhode Island Court Records - FamilySearch

directories

LDS Genealogy - Newport County, Rhode Island City Directories

USGenWeb Archives - Directory, City Record, Government Of State 1856-'57

USGenWeb Archives - The Newport Directory, Containing The Names Of The Citizens, A Business

USGenWeb Archives - Preface and selections from the Newport Directory, 1856

disasters

GenDisasters.com - Jamestown RI Private Sanitarium Fire, Mar 1931

GenDisasters.com - Middletown, RI Auto Wreck, Apr 1919

GenDisasters.com - Middletown, RI Sea View Hotel Firfe, Jan 1928

GenDisasters.com - Tiverton, RI Oil Tank Explosion, Nov 1933

estate records

LDS Genealogy - Newport County, Rhode Island Probate Records

Newport County, Rhode Island Probate Records - FamilySearch

Wills - Newport County Rhode Island

history

immigration and Naturalization records

Immigrant Ships - Newport County, Rhode Island

LDS Genealogy - Newport County, Rhode Island City Immigration Records

Newport County, Rhode Island Naturalization and Citizenship - FamilySearch

land records

BLM GLO Records

Deeds - Newport County Rhode Island

LDS Genealogy - Newport County, Rhode Island City Land Records

Newport County, Rhode Island Land Records - FamilySearch

maps

Digital Commonwealth - Newport County, Rhode Island Maps/Atlases

LDS Genealogy - Newport County, Rhode Island City Map Records

Historic Map Works - Newport County, Rhode Island

Maps of Rhode Island

Newport County, Rhode Island Maps - FamilySearch

RIGenWeb Project - Old Newport County Maps

RIGenWeb Project - 1856 Streets and Courts of Newport

RIGenWeb Project - 1873 Newport, Rhode Island Panoramic City Sketch

RIGenWeb Project - 1670 Grand Deed of the area that became Tiverton

military records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Newport County, Rhode Island Military Records

LDS Genealogy - Newport County, Rhode Island Military Records

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Rhode Island

Newport County, Rhode Island Military Records - FamilySearch

New Horizons Genealogy - Newport County, Rhode Island Military Records

miscellaneous records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Newport County, Rhode Island Miscellaneous Index

Histopolis - Newport County, Rhode Island Links

LDS Genealogy - Newport County, Rhode Island Miscellaneous Records

Queries - Newport County Rhode Island

municipalities

Histopolis - Newport County, Rhode Island Cities

Newport, Rhode Island - FamilyHart

RIGenWeb Project - Newport County, Rhode Island Towns

native american genealogy

American Indian Records in the National Archives - National Archives

Rhode Island Indian Tribes - Access Genealogy

newspapers

Digital Commonwealth - Newport County, Rhode Island Newspapers

Genealogy Trails History Group - Newport County, Rhode Island Newspaper Gleanings

The Jamestown Press

LDS Genealogy - Newport County, Rhode Island Newspaper Records

Newpaper Abstracts - Newport County, Rhode Island

Newspaper Articles - Newport County Rhode Island

Newport County, Rhode Island Newspapers - FamilySearch

Newport Daily News

Newport This Week

Portsmouth Press

obituaries

Genealogy Trails History Group - Newport County, Rhode Island Obituaries & Death Notices

LDS Genealogy - Newport County, Rhode Island Obituaries

Newport Daily News Obituaries

Newport This Week Obituaries

Obituaries - Newport County Rhode Island

Obituary Index - Newport County, Rhode Island

Portsmouth Press Obituaries Archives

USGenWeb Archives - Newport County, Rhode Island Obituaries - Angle, Henry 1918

USGenWeb Archives - Newport County, Rhode Island Obituaries - Bailey, George A. 1918

USGenWeb Archives - Newport County, Rhode Island Obituaries - Mowat, Andrew 1918

USGenWeb Archives - Newport County, Rhode Island Obituaries - Norman, Guy 1918

USGenWeb Archives - Newport County, Rhode Island Obituaries - Sharkey, William Joseph 1918

photos

Digital Commonwealth - Newport County, Rhode Island Photographs

Digital Commonwealth - Newport County, Rhode Island Postcards/Cards

Family Old Photos - Rhode Island Old Photos

school records

societies

Little Compton Historical Society

Newport County, Rhode Island Societies & Museums - FamilySearch

Newport Historical Society

Newport Mansions - The Preservation Society of Newport County

tax records

vital records

Rhode Island County Records

Many Rhode Island family records can be found online and at large state level archives and libraries in Hartford. Many millions of records aren't yet available online, though, and many of these are awaiting your discovery at the local level at county courthouses, historical societies, churches, town clerks' offices, cemeteries, and elsewhere in Rhode Island. To find these and other records, click on the links below to find more information about the specific counties where your ancestors lived in Rhode Island. You'll find information on these pages that will lead you to the specific documentation you're searching for.

It is important to keep in mind when doing research that the names and boundaries of certain counties in Rhode Island have changed over the past few hundred years. Your ancestors may have lived on a certain farm in one county and when borders were redrawn records relating to your family history might have been located in another area entirely. When searching for land, court, tax, and other records it is also a good idea to search for these records in adjacent counties. Following is a complete list of Rhode Island's 5 counties along with their formation dates, county seats, and names of parent counties.

County

Formation Date

1747

1750

1703

1729

County Seat

Bristol

East Greenwich

Newport

Providence

South Kingstown

Parent County

Bristol County, MA

Providence County

Rhode Island County

Providence Plantations

Kings County

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