Bristol County, Rhode Island:
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Projects

• Bristol County Genealogy and History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Bristol County, MA  to the east
• Kent County, RI  to the west
• Newport County, RI  to the south
• Providence County, RI  to the north

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Barrington GEDCOM Index 
• Bristol Co, Rhode Island, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Bristol GEDCOM Index 
• Warren GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (34)

Church Records

• Barrington Baptisms, Marriages & Admissions  1728-1740     (Source: DUNHAM-WILCOX-TROTT-KIRK)
• Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. II  includes List of Baptisms from the Records of the Church of Christ at Bristol     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 34, 1880  includes church records of Bristol, RI (1687-1728), and Roxbury, MA (1649-1668)     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Bristol County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories (15)

Estate Records

• Barrington Probate Records  1687-1745
• Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. II  includes Notes from the Warren, R.I. Probate Records     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 56, 1902  Notes from Warren, RI, Probate Records     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)

History (30)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists  includes Bristol and Warren, Rhode Island (1820-71)     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Miscellaneous Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1893-1945  Bristol and Warren, Rhode Island     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Rhode Island Passenger Lists  Port of Providence, 1798-1808, 1820-1872; Ports of Bristol and Warren 1820-1871     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (10)

Lookups

• Bristol County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Bristol County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Bristol County, RI Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• RIBRISTO-L Bristol County genealogy

  • RIBRISTO-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • RIBRISTO-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • RIBRISTO-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (17)

Military Records and Histories

• 1840 Census of Pensioners  Bristol County, Rhode Island     (Source: New Horizons Genealogical Services)
• Bristol County Military Data      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Bristol County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 188  Bristol County, Rhode Island     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Bristol County     (Source: Family History Library)

• Revolutionary War

  • The History of Warren, Rhode Island  in the War of the Revolution, 1776 - 1783     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Bristol and Newport County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Bristol and Providence County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Bristol County, Rhode Island  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Bristol County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Bristol County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. II  includes Bristol Records     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Migrations through Bristol County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Bristol County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Bristol County Register  Mar 11, 1809 - Dec 30, 1809     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Chronicling America  Bristol County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Search Bristol Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Search Warren Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Bristol Phoenix  Bristol, RI     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• East Bary Barrington      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Bristol County

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Bristol County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Historical Postcards of Bristol County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Warren Hall Free Library  Warren, R. I.     (Source: Post Card Library)

School Records and Histories

• Barrington School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Barrington, RI St. Andrews School Class of 1953      (Source: Old-Yearbooks.com)
• Saint Andrews School - Andrean Yearbook (Barrington, RI)  Class of 1953     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Saint Andrews School - Andrean Yearbook (Barrington, RI)  Class of 1965     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)

Societies

• Barrington Preservation Society 
• Bristol Chapter  Bristol     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Bristol Historical & Preservation Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (84)

Tax Lists

• Bristol, Rhode Island 1888 Tax List      (Source: DistantCousin.com)
• Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. II  includes Bristol Tax List, 1695     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Bristol County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Bristol County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Building histories of Bristol County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Bristol County, Rhode Island     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Bristol County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Bristol, Rhode Island  South Carolina Death Records, including Undertaker's Certificates for Interstate Shipping, etc.     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Arnold Collection Death Records  Town of Warren     (Source: New Horizons Genealogical Services)

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