Pawtucket Genealogy (in Providence County, RI)

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Pawtucket Birth Records

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1636-1899 Rhode Island Vital Extracts Ancestry online

1636-1930 Rhode Island Birth Index Ancestry online

Arnold Collection - Birth Records, 1828 - 1843 New Horizons Genealogical Services online

Births 1886-1902 and marriages 1885-1902, returns of births and marriages 1900-1902 (Pawtucket, R.I.) FamilySearch Library

Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island computer printout; births or christenings, 1636-1850 FamilySearch Library

Records of births, marriages and deaths of North Providence and Pawtucket [Rhode Island], 1748-1885; indexes to births, marriages and deaths, 1728-1914 FamilySearch Library

Rhode Island, Birth Records, 1853-1920 Rhode Island State Archives

Rhode Island, Birth Records, 1853-present Rhode Island Department of Health

Seekonk (including East Providence), Pawtucket and Newman Congregational church [records of births, marriages and deaths] Digital Public Library of America online

Pawtucket Cemetery Records

Governor Joseph Jencks Lot Find a Grave online

Mineral Spring Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mineral Spring Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mineral Springs Cemetery Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission online

Mount Saint Mary Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount St Mary's Cemetery Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission online

Mt. St. Mary Cemetery Interment online

Notre Dame Cemetery Billion Graves online

Notre Dame Cemetery Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission online

Notre Dame Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oak Grove Cemetery Billion Graves online

Oak Grove Cemetery Interment online

Oak Grove Cemetery Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission online

Oak Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Saint Marys Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old St. Mary's Cemetery Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission online

Rhode Island, Historical Cemetery Commission Index, 1647-2008 Ancestry online

Riverside Cemetery Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission online

Riverside Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Francis Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Francis Cemetery Find a Grave online

St. Francis Cemetery Interment online

St. Francis Cemetery Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission online

Walnut Hill Cemetery Billion Graves online

Walnut Hill Cemetery Interment online

Walnut Hill Cemetery Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission online

Walnut Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pawtucket Census Records

1740-1743 Rhode Island Colonial Census Index (included in Rhode Island, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index) Ancestry online

1747 Rhode Island Colonial Census Index (included in Rhode Island, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index) Ancestry online

1774 Rhode Island Census Ancestry online

1777 Rhode Island Military Census Ancestry online

1777 Rhode Island Military Census Index (included in Rhode Island, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index) Ancestry online

1782 Rhode Island State Census Index (included in Rhode Island, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index) Ancestry online

1865 Rhode Island State Census (included in Rhode Island State Censuses) Ancestry online

1875 Rhode Island State Census (included in Rhode Island State Censuses) Ancestry online

1885 Rhode Island State Census (included in Rhode Island State Censuses) Ancestry online

1915 Rhode Island State Census (included in Rhode Island State Censuses) Ancestry online

1925 Rhode Island State Census (included in Rhode Island State Censuses) Ancestry online

1935 Rhode Island State Census (included in Rhode Island State Censuses) Ancestry online

Topographical map of the city of Pawtucket and the city of Central Falls , R.I. FamilySearch Library

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Pawtucket Church Records

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Baptisms of St. Cecilia's Catholic Church : Pawtucket, R.I., 1910-1989 FamilySearch Library

Baptisms of St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, Pawtucket, R.I., 1910-1988 WorldCat

Baptisms of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church : Pawtucket, Rhode Island 1884-1988 WorldCat

Baptisms of St. John the Baptist, Catholic Church : Pawtucket, Rhode Island 1884-1988 FamilySearch Library

Marriages of St. Cecilia's Catholic Church : Pawtucket, R.I. 1910-1986 WorldCat

Marriages of St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, Pawtucket, R.I., 1910-1986 FamilySearch Library

Marriages of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church : Pawtucket, RI 1884-1988 FamilySearch Library

Marriages of St. Mary Church of the Visitation : Putnam, Connecticut, 1866-2003 FamilySearch Library

Notre Dame de la Consolation, 1895-1977, Pawtucket, Rhode Island FamilySearch Library

Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island computer printout; births or christenings, 1636-1850 FamilySearch Library

Seekonk (including East Providence), Pawtucket and Newman Congregational church [records of births, marriages and deaths] Digital Public Library of America online

Trinity Lutheran Church records (in U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church, Swedish American Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Pawtucket City Directories (159)


Pawtucket Death Records

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1630-1930 Rhode Island Death Index Ancestry online

1636-1899 Rhode Island Vital Extracts Ancestry online

Burials of the Manning-Heffern Funeral Home : Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1874-1980 FamilySearch Library

Burials of the Manning-Heffern funeral home, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1874-1980 WorldCat

Burials of the McAloon-Kelly Funeral Home : Pawtucket, Rhode Island 1900-1998 FamilySearch Library

Burials of the McAloon-Kelly Funeral Home : Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1900-1998. WorldCat

Death indexes, 1728-1934 FamilySearch Library

Death records (1872-1945),and returns of death (1900-1921) FamilySearch Library

Death register, 1894-1897, 1902 [Pawtucket, Rhode Island] FamilySearch Library

Pawtucket, Rhode Island & vicinity : marriages & deaths from the Pawtucket gazette & chronicle, saga of the Old Jenks Burying Ground WorldCat

Records of births, marriages and deaths of North Providence and Pawtucket [Rhode Island], 1748-1885; indexes to births, marriages and deaths, 1728-1914 FamilySearch Library

Rhode Island, Death Records, 1853-1970 Rhode Island State Archives

Rhode Island, Death Records, 1853-present Rhode Island Department of Health

Seekonk (including East Providence), Pawtucket and Newman Congregational church [records of births, marriages and deaths] Digital Public Library of America online

Pawtucket Histories and Genealogies

An illustrated history of Pawtucket, Central Falls and vicinity : a narrative of the growth and evolution of the community FamilySearch Library

An illustrated history of Pawtucket, Central Falls and vicinity : a narrative of the growth and evolution of the community Genealogy Gophers online

An illustrated history of Pawtucket, Central Falls, and vicinity : a narrative of the growth and evolution of the community, 1897 Ancestry online

Fragments of time in Pawtuxet : designated a National Historic District, 1973 FamilySearch Library

Historical sketch of the town of Pawtucket FamilySearch Library

History of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, reminiscences & new series of Reverend David Benedict : origins of Pawtucket, east side FamilySearch Library

Pawtucket profile - 1988 FamilySearch Library

The annotated index--Reminiscences 1853-1864, and Pawtucket (R.I.), new series 1866-1867 of Rev. David Benedict FamilySearch Library

The history of Pawtucket, 1635-1986 FamilySearch Library

The history of Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts : comprising a history of the present towns of Rehoboth, Seekonk, and Pawtucket, from their settlement to the present time, together with sketches of Attleborough, Cumberland, and a part of Swansey and Barrington, to the time that they were severally separated from the original town FamilySearch Library

The lower Blackstone river valley; the story of Pawtucket, Central Falls, Lincoln, and Cumberland, Rhode Island; an historical narrative LDS Genealogy online

The lower Blackstone river valley; the story of Pawtucket, Central Falls, Lincoln, and Cumberland, Rhode Island; an historical narrative Internet Archive online

Pawtucket Immigration Records

Declarations of intention, 1928-1949 [Providence, Rhode Island] FamilySearch Library

Naturalization and citizenship index, 1793-1905 [Providence, Rhode Island] FamilySearch Library

Naturalization and citizenship index. 1793-1892 [Providence County, Rhode Island] FamilySearch Library

Naturalization petitions (Providence County, Rhode Island), 1917-1929 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization petitions, 1793-1892 [Providence County, Rhode Island] FamilySearch Library

Naturalization petitions, 1820-1893 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, 1870-1945 [Pawtucket, Rhode Island] FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, 1930-1946 FamilySearch Library

Rhode Island, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1802-1945 Ancestry online

U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists (includes Pawtucket 1921, 1935, 1938 ) Ancestry online

Pawtucket Land Records

Deeds and mortgages, 1826-1900 [Pawtucket, Rhode Island] FamilySearch Library

Deeds, 1832-1882 FamilySearch Library

Record of deeds, 1876-1904 [Pawtucket, Rhode Island] FamilySearch Library

Pawtucket Map Records

Bird's eye view map of Pawtucket & Central Falls, R.I. 1877. Library of Congress online

Pawtucket and Central Falls 1877 Bird's Eye View Map Historic Map Works online

Pawtucket and Central Falls 1877 Bird's Eye View Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Pawtucket and Central Falls, 1877 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, 1890 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, 1902 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, November 1884 Library of Congress online

Topographical map of the city of Pawtucket and the city of Central Falls , R.I. FamilySearch Library

Pawtucket Marriage Records

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1636-1899 Rhode Island Vital Extracts Ancestry online

1851-1920 Rhode Island Marriage Index Ancestry online

Arnold Collection - Marriage Records New Horizons Genealogical Services online

Births 1886-1902 and marriages 1885-1902, returns of births and marriages 1900-1902 (Pawtucket, R.I.) FamilySearch Library

Marriages of St. Cecilia's Catholic Church : Pawtucket, R.I. 1910-1986 WorldCat

Marriages of St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, Pawtucket, R.I., 1910-1986 FamilySearch Library

Marriages of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church : Pawtucket, RI 1884-1988 FamilySearch Library

Marriages of St. Mary Church of the Visitation : Putnam, Connecticut, 1866-2003 FamilySearch Library

Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island computer printout; marriages, 1636-1859 FamilySearch Library

Pawtucket, Rhode Island & vicinity : marriages & deaths from the Pawtucket gazette & chronicle, saga of the Old Jenks Burying Ground WorldCat

Records of births, marriages and deaths of North Providence and Pawtucket [Rhode Island], 1748-1885; indexes to births, marriages and deaths, 1728-1914 FamilySearch Library

Rhode Island, Marriage Records, 1853-1920 Rhode Island State Archives

Rhode Island, Marriage Records, 1853-present Rhode Island Department of Health

Seekonk (including East Providence), Pawtucket and Newman Congregational church [records of births, marriages and deaths] Digital Public Library of America online

Pawtucket Miscellaneous Records

Council records, 1862-1877 FamilySearch Library

Selectmen's records, 1850-1862 FamilySearch Library

Town meetings 1828-1885 FamilySearch Library

Pawtucket Newspapers and Obituaries

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Evening Times 1886-1920 Pawtucket Public Library online

Evening Tribune, 1889-1891, 1896-1902, 1906-1929 Google News Archive online

New England Artisan, and Laboring Man's Repository 01/05/1832 to 05/17/1832 Genealogy Bank online

Pawtucket Chronicle and Manufacturers' and Artizans' Advocate 11/12/1825 to 04/19/1839 Genealogy Bank online

Pawtucket Evening Times 1886-1890 Pawtucket Public Library online

Pawtucket Times 01/01/1898 to 02/28/1921 Genealogy Bank online

Pawtucket Times 1920-1947 Pawtucket Public Library online

Pawtucket, Rhode Island & vicinity - marriages & deaths from the Pawtucket Gazette & Chronicle FamilySearch Library

Pawtucket, Rhode Island & vicinity - marriages & deaths from the Pawtucket Gazette & Chronicle 1825-1864 FamilySearch Library

Pawtucket, Rhode Island & vicinity : marriages & deaths from the Pawtucket gazette & chronicle, saga of the Old Jenks Burying Ground WorldCat

The Pawtucket Times 1948-1949 Pawtucket Public Library online

Times 10/07/2009 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Valley Breeze, The: Pawtucket Edition 08/19/2009 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Offline Newspapers for Pawtucket

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Battle Axe. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1840s-1840s

Business Directory. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1840s-1855

Evening Times. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1880s-1886

Evening Times. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-1920

Evening Times. (Pawtucket-Central Falls, R.I.) 1978-1991

Evening Tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1888-1890

Evening Tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890s-1900s

Gazette and Chronicle. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1839-1845

Latino. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1990s-Current

Pawtucket Chronicle, and Manufacturers' and Artizans' Advocate. (Pawtucket [R.I.]) 1825-1827

Pawtucket Chronicle, and Rhode-Island and Massachusetts Register. (Pawtucket [R.I.]) 1827-1839

Pawtucket Evening Post. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1893-1896

Pawtucket Evening Times. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1886-1890

Pawtucket Gazette and Chronicle. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1845-1912

Pawtucket Gazette. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1838-1839

Pawtucket Herald, and Independent Inquirer. (Pawtucket, Mass. [I.E. R.I.]) 1828-1830

Pawtucket Observer. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1860-1861

Pawtucket Post. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1896-1897

Pawtucket Record and Free Discussion Advocate. (Pawtucket [R.I.]) 1836-1837

Pawtucket Record. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1886-1890

Pawtucket Star. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1936-1937

Pawtucket Times. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1920-1978

Pawtucket Tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-1890s

Record-Visitor. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1891-1893

Rhode Island Free Press. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1940-1940s

Times. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1991-Current

Truth's Advocate. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1850-1840s

Pawtucket Probate Records

1582-1932 Rhode Island Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Probate docket 1896-1926 and probate records 1877-1916 (Pawtucket, Rhode Island) FamilySearch Library

Probate files, early to 1885 (Pawtucket, R.I.) FamilySearch Library

Probate records index, 1700-1996 FamilySearch Library

Probate records, 1862-1877 (Pawtucket, Rhode Island) FamilySearch Library

Probate records, 1870-1907 (Pawtucket, Rhode Island) FamilySearch Library

Pawtucket School Records

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East High School - Redjacket Yearbook (Pawtucket, RI), 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 E Yearbook online

Pawtucket East High School yearbooks, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Pawtucket High School - Redjacket Yearbook (Pawtucket, RI), 1919, 1927, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 E Yearbook online

Pawtucket High School yearbooks, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Pawtucket Vocational School yearbook, 1956 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Pawtucket West High School yearbooks, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Shea High School yearbook, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Raphael Academy yearbooks, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1983 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Tolman High School yearbook, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

West High School - Westerdays Yearbook (Pawtucket, RI), 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 E Yearbook online

West High School yearbook, 1963, 1969 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Pawtucket Tax Records

A list of persons, corporations, companies and estates assessed in the city tax ordered by the city council of the city of Pawtucket, R.I Genealogy Gophers online



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