One Rhode Island Family

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1. on January 14, 2020 at 10:15 am | Reply Patrick Joseph Eagan and Mary Ellen Duffield - Silly Mummy Family Tree

   […] thanks to the website One Rhode Island Family without whom I would not have easily located the birth/death records for this […]

   
   
2. on August 18, 2019 at 11:31 am | Reply Kirstin Miller

   Thanks so much for providing links and an organized method to these free records. Your website is very helpful, appreciate all the work you’ve put into it.

   
   
   • on August 18, 2019 at 12:57 pm | Reply Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

     Thanks Kirsten!!

     
     
3. on June 6, 2019 at 6:52 pm | Reply Wilson

   My Kentroti ancestors lived in Providence RI from around 1911-1923. All 7 of their children were born there. They had one still born baby boy and a daughter that died before the age of 10 also in Providence RI. Why can I not find them on any of the vital records? I searched with different spellings with no luck.

   
   
   • on June 6, 2019 at 7:30 pm | Reply Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

     Well that’s a great question. Are you looking in the Providence vital record index books? If you don’t see them, they may have lived over the line in a nearby town like Pawtucket or Cranston.
     To check this out more broadly, if you can get to a Family History Center locally where you are, there is a typed index of statewide records for those years which is digitized and available on a computer within a Family History Center. It’s the same statewide index they have at the State Archives.
     Very few vital records for this era are online at all.
     Another idea is to make sure you are seeing them in the 1905 R. I. State Census so you can check the location. Midwives were common then; I suppose if they had an immigration problem they may have wanted to lay low and avoid vital records however I think that was hard to do.
     Another thought is Catholic records and cemetery records. Check the RI Historical Cemetery Commission web database and Findagrave (obviously you probably have already).
     Birth records are only available publicly after 100 years in Rhode Island, but the pre-1919 records should be searchable at any town hall in Rhode Island. If you are close enough to visit one, try that.

     
     
     • on June 6, 2019 at 7:34 pm Anonymous

       Thanks for the tips!

       
       
4. on September 17, 2018 at 6:32 am | Reply Walt O'Dowd

   Although not a PDF file the, FamilySearch have scanned the following volume:
   [Vol. 19-3 Marriages 1911-1920 Part 3 Murtha-Z] at
   https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVY-Q93T-G?i=321&cat=83212

   
   
   • on September 21, 2018 at 8:32 pm | Reply Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

     Walt, thank you so much!! This arrived when I was traveling and I am just seeing it. I will work this into the list. You are amazing! Diane

     
     
     • on February 13, 2020 at 8:40 pm Walt O'Dowd

       A few comments on missing volumes:

       PROBLEM with Volumes 28, 31, and 32 between NEHGS and FamilySearch records. I suspect FamilySearch has mis-catalogued here due to substitute title pages: V 28 is actually Marriages, 1936-1940, while V 32 (Parts 1&2) should actually be V 31 (Parts 1&2). Perhaps someone else can clarify.

       
       
     • on February 16, 2020 at 6:14 pm Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

       Walt, thanks for the extensive list which was attached to this. I believe I have made all the updates. I’m going to check on some volumes at the Rhode Island Historical Society when I am there in a couple weeks just to be sure I know which volume has which title.
       Thank you so much, this is wonderful. It’s great how much of that old microfilm is coming online.
       Diane

       
       
     • on February 16, 2020 at 6:21 pm Walt O'Dowd

       Just spotted my own “deliberate mistake” (oops! wrong link).
       Here’s correct link for this entry in the list:

       Vol. 32, pt. 2. Marriages, 1941-1945, LaRocque-Z
       [Copy page images start at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZD-LB81?i=3&cat=83212 ]

       
       
     • on February 16, 2020 at 6:26 pm Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

       Thanks Walt! Thought I checked that; I guess not. Thanks again for all this.
       Diane

       
       
5. on July 19, 2018 at 5:25 pm | Reply Anonymous

   what about deaths in providence for 1930-1935?

   
   
   • on July 19, 2018 at 5:53 pm | Reply Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

     As the post says, if the title does not link to anything, then personally I have not found it online.

     
     
     • on July 20, 2018 at 12:41 pm Marina Larsen

       I would like to echo the other comments- thank you so much for this! I’ve discovered my grandfather had 2 siblings we never knew about and who are a bit of a mystery. Neither Ancestry nor My Heritage had records of their birth (although they appeared in census records). I was able to find confirmation that they were born to my great-grandparents in here. One of the siblings falls off the map after the 1930 census so would also love to find the Vol. 24 Deaths 1931-1935. Hopefully it will become available soon. Thank you!

       
       
     • on July 20, 2018 at 2:18 pm Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

       Marina, you could contact the Providence City Archives or the Rhode Island State Archives. This is not a big request, I think either place would give a look. In general the genealogy data services do not have much coverage of the post-1850 era. Makes it tougher I know.

       
       
6. on May 15, 2018 at 1:04 pm | Reply Trudy

   I was trying to find my fathers real father, but his birth certificate says delayed, I called Providence city hall and they told me that it was never recorded. I will use this site to try and find him. Thank you for your awsome work !!!

   
   
7. on April 16, 2018 at 2:06 pm | Reply Kayla Hackman

   You have no idea how helpful this is, and I’m sure it was an insane amount of work. Thank you so much!

   
   
   • on April 16, 2018 at 2:18 pm | Reply Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

     Kayla thank you. I have lost several days of my life hunting through all the mis-labeled copies on the internet! I figured no one else should have to do that. I am slowly trying to buy and digitize the remaining volumes myself.

     
     
8. on February 11, 2018 at 3:51 am | Reply Christina

   Hello! I have a Greek Marriage Certificate from the Orthodox Greek Community in Pawtucket, RI for my great grandparents. I am desperately trying to find if there is an offical RI Marriage certificate. I currently live in the United Kingdom so have no way to get back to the States. Do you have any suggestions of how I could try and find out this information from afar? From what you have said, Pawtucket information would not be in the Providence record Archives??

   
   
   • on February 11, 2018 at 7:03 am | Reply Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

     Hi Christine. You need to contact the vital records office, or city clerks office for the city of Pawtucket. If the record is less than 100 years old further steps are required. Good luck with your search.

     
     
9. on January 27, 2018 at 11:00 am | Reply norm

   vol 1. deaths 1911-20 is not a pdf file. any plans to make it a pdf?

   
   
   • on January 27, 2018 at 6:46 pm | Reply Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

     Hi Norm. I have one or two of these volumes on hand in paper, but not that one. If someone finds it digitized online, please alert me so I can post the link here.

     
     
10. on October 24, 2017 at 1:48 pm | Reply Lillian R

    Hi, I’m a clerk in the Pawtucket City Hall. We handle all the birth death and marriage records of Pawtucket. Our RI records are made public after a number of years so anyone would be able to call or email us with a request for information on certain vital records. Death records are made public information after 50 years, Marriage and Birth records are public after 100 years. Please give us call with questions we’d be more than happy to help with your searches. 401-728-0500

    
    
    • on October 24, 2017 at 2:06 pm | Reply Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

      Lillian, what a kind note. Thanks!!

      
      
    • on October 24, 2017 at 7:24 pm | Reply NB_Roots

      Thanks for the reply, to my original post. Im happy to say most of my Rhode Island Genealogy worked out well thanks to many of the tips I learned from from this site. I did go to Pawtucket for a few records and they were very helpful. I also used the RI State Archive and the Providence Public Library. It all fell into place, the trail only went cold when some cousins moved to California. But this site helped me transition the Massachusetts Records I was used to and Rhode island very well.

      
      
11. on June 27, 2017 at 9:35 am | Reply NB_Roots

    New to Rhode Island Genealogy and Records. The Providence Index’s are amazing and solved a long standing family mystery. This may be a dumb question, would Pawtucket, RI be part of the providence Index?
    Looking for a death certificate of someone that died in Pawtucket in 1920.

    
    
    • on June 27, 2017 at 10:36 am | Reply Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

      Hi. The answer is, no. Try the Rhode Island State Archives for that record. The Pawtucket town hall would have that record, but may not be willing to help people remotely; I don’t know.

      
      
    • on July 10, 2017 at 2:36 pm | Reply Walt O'Dowd

      You can find the following index and images on the FamilySearch website:
      [Pawtucket] Death records (1872-1945),and returns of death (1900-1921)

      
      
12. on June 26, 2017 at 12:55 pm | Reply Sheila

    I am looking for death record of my grandfather Joseph Eugene Cook who died on August 5, 1931.

    
    
13. on January 10, 2017 at 10:28 pm | Reply Tina

    Your site is amazing!! I found the person’s name I was researching, Charles H. Smith D. 1882, does that mean they have a death certificate for him?

    
    
    • on January 10, 2017 at 10:33 pm | Reply Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

      Hi Tina. Thank you! Yes, you can contact the Providence City Archives. They can send you a copy of the full information on the register pages. Normally, that’s what you want, since you will have to pay if you want them to type this on a certificate. And to re-type might only introduce errors. If you need,and official certificate, like for a lineage application, go to the Providence Vital Records office website and follow instructions to mail in a request and payment.

      
      
14. on August 31, 2016 at 2:00 pm | Reply Chelly

    Thank you so much for all your work in providing these resources! It’s been extremely helpful in my research on my ancestors!

    
    
15. on June 23, 2016 at 5:43 pm | Reply wendy

    How can I get a copy of a death certificate from [Vol. 18-2 Deaths 1911-1920 Part 2 Kinsky – Z]. Looking for Joseph Dennis who died Dec 31, 1919 in providence, ri. Please let me know. Thank you.

    
    
    • on June 23, 2016 at 5:49 pm | Reply Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

      Wendy, try contacting the Providence City Archives.

      
      
16. on May 1, 2016 at 9:14 pm | Reply Tiffany

    Is there a marriage volume 19-3? I am desperately searching for the marriage record of my great grandfather Eugene (Gene) Mckinley Reeves to a woman named Lydia in approximately 1919! My grandmother desperately wants to find her half siblings! (My great grandfather had a secret family on the side). I know their names and birthdates too! But I need to know Lydias maiden name and it looks like the very record I would need is 19-3! Any idea where I can find it? I so appreciate your response.

    
    
    • on May 1, 2016 at 9:26 pm | Reply Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

      Yes Lydia, good point, and I will add the volume to the list. But that won’t help you. These volumes are almost impossible to find online because most are mis-labelled. So far, that one has not turned up. Try contacting the Rhode Island State Archives, giving the names and locations that you know. Best of luck!

      
      
17. on November 11, 2015 at 7:44 am | Reply Ken

    I am trying to find any records on William Bourt. Born 1870s and Ethel I Bourt. Maden name Anderson. Born October 2 1887 thanks.

    
    
    • on November 11, 2015 at 8:16 am | Reply Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

      Ken I’m assuming you did not find any record in the books, above. You would need to find the “Unable to Visit” form on the Rhode Island State Archives, fill one out for each person, and submit.

      
      
      • on November 11, 2015 at 8:19 am Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

        The link is here – look for the Unable to Visit form.

        
        
      • on November 11, 2015 at 9:37 am Anonymous

        Thank you diane

        
        
      • on November 11, 2015 at 8:20 am Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

        http://sos.ri.gov/archives/researchers/

        
        
      • on November 11, 2015 at 12:45 pm Ken

        I found my great grandmother Ethel IAnderson Gustay and Ida Anderson born October 2 1887 11:12 . Thanks again. Still trying to find my great grandfather Wm bourt.

        
        
      • on February 18, 2016 at 7:03 am Anonymous

        I found my great grandmother Ethel I Anderson .

        
        
18. on May 26, 2015 at 8:51 am | Reply Val Dunn

    You have done a great job organizing all of these free resources. I have visited many sites in my searches…and taken note of the sites cursorily because I wanted to get on with what I was doing. The distraction of genealogical pathways, “Oh look at that!” I learned through the years to stay on task! Not always successfully:) Thanks for being good at it.

    
    
    • on May 26, 2015 at 6:18 pm | Reply Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

      I think those are called “bright shiny objects” Val. The downfall of all of us! Thanks for visiting.

      
      
19. on April 11, 2015 at 4:07 pm | Reply Leslie Huybert

    This is a wonderful site…many thanks for sharing !!!!

    
    
20. on February 20, 2014 at 8:32 pm | Reply Anonymous

    This site was a great help!

    
    
21. on March 24, 2013 at 1:34 pm | Reply Cynthia

    Thank you so very much for organizing these resources — especially the Prov Vital Records. Cynthia

    
    

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