Rhode Island Birth Certificates
Though earlier vital records have been gathered and abstracted in James N. Arnold's Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636 1850, 21 vols. (Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1891 1912), statewide reporting did not begin until 1853. From that time, copies of vital events recorded in towns were sent to what is now the Rhode Island Division of Vital Statistics. Many records prior to 1894 are now in the state archive. Towns, for the most part, still hold originals in the clerk's office.
For birth and marriage records from 1 January 1894 and death records from 1 January 1948, write:
State of Rhode Island
Dept. of Health, Division of Vital Records
Cannon Building
Room 101
75 Davis Street
Providence, RI 02908 |
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