Rhode Island resources:
- Access the Records of the Colony of Rhode Island
- The Narragansett Historical Register – Free
- 20 Rhode Island Resources on Ancestry.com
- Providence Vital Records Index, 1850-1935
- A Walk Through Downtown Providence, 1908
- 9 Free Rhode Island Resources
Libraries and Repositories Series:
- A Visit to the Providence City Archives
- A Visit to the Family History Library
- A Visit to the Sons of the American Revolution Library
- A Visit to the Providence Public Library
- A Visit to the Westerly Town Hall
- A Visit to the Rhode Island Judicial Archives
- A Visit to the Westerly Genealogy Room
- Got Some Help on my Tree …
- What I saw at the NEHGS
- A Visit to the Boston Public Library
Help for Beginners:
- Ten Steps for Starting Your Family History
- The First 10 Things You Learn About Genealogy
- 20 Genealogy Bookmarks
- 10 Things I’ve Learned About Genealogy
Genealogy Tips and Equipment
- Access the Boston Transcript
- How to Use a Scanner to Read Microfilm
- A Genealogy Bookcase
- Genealogy in a Small Space
- Need Help with Billion Graves / How I Fixed my Billion Graves Problem
Making books and reports:
- Putting a Book Together About the Darlings
- Producing a Self-Published Book in Ten Steps
- How To Print Your Own Out-Of-Copyright Book
- A Quick Gift For Mom
The Bloggers’ Best Selections series:
Posts about the Lampheres/Minors/Teffts/Andrews:
- A Sister for Lydia Minor
- On Lanphere Road
- By Their DeedsThe Wedding at Dog River Factory
- Starting Again with Daniel Lamphere
- The Legacy of the Girl from Alabama
- Learning to Photograph at Yantic Cemetery
- In Which I Stoop to Buying Microfilm
- A Story Just Like Russell Lamphere’s
- The Brick Wall Stories: Hannah Andrews
- The Girl From Alabama
- My Lydia Miner
Posts about the Baldwins/Bennetts/Spauldings/Emerys/Gassets
- The Civil War Letters of William Wilberforce Douglas
- Searching for Edward Baldwin, 1850
- CROWD SOURCING Anna Jean Bennett – Can You Help?
- Townsend, Massachusetts
- How to Use NUCMC to Perform a Miracle
- Pension Record for John Emery’s Widow
- Proof, Lovely Proof from Probate
- My Relatives Hit the Road To Do Some Research!
- The Brick Wall Stories: I Find Edward Baldwin
- Dear Third Cousin
- What I Found in the New Massachusetts Town Records
- City Directory Love
- The Story of Anna Jean Bennett Douglas, Part 1
- Edward Baldwin – birth record wanted
Posts about the Murdocks/MacLeods
- Old Kilmorack Cemetery
- Finding my Great Great Grandmother Jessie Ruth MacLeod
- The Adoption of Louis Rufus Murdock – Part 1
Posts about MacLeans/MacLeods
Posts about the Darlings/Parmenters/Aldriches/Ballous/Smiths/Arnolds
- Sunday’s Obituary – David Aldrich, 1781-1879
- The Nineteenth Century Life of Ellis Aldrich Darling
- Thomas Arnold, 1705-1765
- Aren’t They Darlings? And a Question
- The Brick Wall Stories: Lucy Arnold
Posts about Martins/Shipleys:
- What I have learned about my great grandmother Bessie Blanche Martin, who died at age 27:
How To Solve the Next Ten Problems
Series on the Federation of Genealogy Societies 2012 Conference in Birmingham, Alabama:
- FGS 2012 – Arrival Day
- FGS 2012 – Day One, Exploring On My Own Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and Birmingham Public Library
- FGS 2012 – Day Two – Sessions
- FGS 2012, Day Three Sessions and Extended Exhibits
- FGS 2012, Last Day
The Story of my gg-aunt, architect and artist Sophia Hayden Bennett:
- Remembering Sophia Hayden Bennett, Part 1
- Remembering Sophia Hayden Bennett, Part 2 Sophia Goes To MIT
- Remembering Sophia Hayden Bennett, Part 3 Sophia Goes to the Fair
- Remembering Sophia Hayden Bennett, Part 4
The story of my grandfather’s WWI service in the U.S. Army Ambulance Unit, in France
- Pill Rollers in the Argonne, Part 1
- Pill Rollers in the Argonne, Part 2
- Pill Rollers in the Argonne, Part 3
- Pill Rollers in the Argonne, Part 4







I’m so glad I found (through a search on Pinterest) your beautiful, well-organized blog. My family immigrated to Providence in the late 19th century. There’s so much information here, I’ll be coming back often. Barbara
Why thank you Barbara! I have noticed more people finding the blog from Pinterest. Hope it will be helpful to you! – Diane