Kent County, Rhode Island:
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Projects

• Kent County, Rhode Island      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Kent County, Rhode Island      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Bristol County, RI  to the east
• New London County, CT  to the southwest
• Providence County, RI  to the north
• Washington County, RI  to the south
• Windham County, CT  to the northwest

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

• History of Washington and Kent counties, Rhode Island  1889     (Source: Internet Archive)
• History of Washington and Kent counties, Rhode Island  Part 3     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Kent Co, Rhode Island, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Kent County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Kent County, Rhode Island      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Cemeteries of Kent County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Kent County  Rhodeisland Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Kent County Cemeteries      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Kent County Cemeteries Info  Rhode Island Cemeteries Database
• Kent County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• St. Mary's Cemetery, West Warwick  Only includes entries of possible Irish heritage     (Source: Southern New England Irish)

Census Records and Indexes (36)

Church Records

• Evangelical Covenant Church, Swedish American Church Records, 1868-1970  includes East Greenwich and West Warwick, Rhode Island     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Swedish American Church Records, 1800-1946  includes East Greenwich, Natick and Warwick     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Kent County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Kent County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories (14)

Estate Records

• Kent County Probate & Wills      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Rhode Island Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932  includes Kent County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Ethnic

• The Huguenots in France and America      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

History (47)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Rhode Island, State and Federal Naturalization Records  1802-1945     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of Rhode Island locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Kent County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)

Land Records

• Coventry Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• East Greenwich Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Warwick Deeds and Indexes  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• West Greenwich Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• The James Mitchell Varnum House  East Greenwich, Rhode Island
• Kent County Data Collections      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Library Directory for Kent County, Rhode Island      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• The Paine House Museum  Coventry, Rhode Island
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Kent County, Rhode Island     (Source: Find My Past)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• RIKENT Kent County genealogy

  • RIKENT Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (19)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Kent County     (Source: FamilySearch)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Classic Buildings of Coventry      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• Classic Buildings of East Greenwich      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• Classic Buildings of Warwick      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• Classic Buildings of West Greenwich      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• Classic Buildings of West Warwick      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• Early Records of the Town of Warwick      (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
• Kent County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Kent County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• The Digital Archives of East Greenwich Free Library 
• Digital Archives of the West Warwick Public Library 
• Kent County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner  Jan 5, 1878 - Dec 28, 1906     (Source: Google News Archive)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Coventry Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Coventry, Rhode Island Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• East Greenwich Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• East Greenwich, Rhode Island Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Kent County
• Obituary search includes Warwick Times      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Warwick Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• West Warwick Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• West Warwick, Rhode Island Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• East Greenwich Public Library Local Historical Collection 
• Historical Postcards of Kent County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Images of Rhode Island  Coventry Historical Society and Public Library Local History Collections
• Images of Rhode Island  Warwick Historical Society Collection
• Kent County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Kent County Courthouse 

School Records and Histories

• Coventry School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• East Greenwich School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Greenwich Seminary and Musical Institute  Cyclopædia of Methodism     (Source: Internet Archive)
• U.S. School Catalogs, 1765-1935  includes Teachers' Institute at East Greenwich     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Warwick School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• West Warwick School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Coventry Historical Society 
• Pawtuxet Valley Preservation and Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Pawtuxet Valley Preservation and Historical Society 
• Warwick Historical Society 
• Warwick Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• The Western Rhode Island Civic Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (106)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Kent County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Coventry Air Park  Coventry, Rhode Island     (Source: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields)
• Kent County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Kent County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Metro Dyestuff Corporation  West Warwick, Rhode Island
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Kent County, Rhode Island     (Source: Google Patents)
• Pothier Field / Buttonwoods Flying Field  Buttonwoods, Rhode Island     (Source: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields)

Vital Records

• Kent County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• 1728-1852 Marriages  Coventry     (Source: I Dream of Genealogy)
• Kent County Birth Records      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Kent County Marriage Records      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Warwick Marriages  1754-1792     (Source: DUNHAM-WILCOX-TROTT-KIRK)

• Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname

  • Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. II  includes Marriages Recorded in Warwick, R.I., in Book of Marriages, No. 1     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Wiki

• Kent County, Rhode Island Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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