Bristol County RI Genealogy

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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Bristol Records by Type Birth Records (13) Cemetery Records (70) Census Records (51) Church Records (26) City Directories (61) Death Records (11) Histories and Genealogies (39) Immigration Records (13) Land Records (10) Map Records (19) Marriage Records (12) Military Records (12) Minority Records (1) Miscellaneous Records (7) Newspapers and Obituaries (56) Probate Records (14) School Records (17) Tax Records (3)

Overview of Bristol County Records

• Bristol County was created in 1747 from Newport County.
• Birth and marriage, records from 1853 to 1920, as well as death records from 1853 to 1970 can be obtained from the Rhode Island State Archives. Birth, marriage, and death records from 1853 to the present can be obtained from the Rhode Island Department of Health.
• The town and city clerks have birth, marriage, death, burial, and probate records starting in 1747.
• The Bristol County Clerk District Court has court records starting in 1747.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.