Kent 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. Kent Records by TypeBirth Records (28)Cemetery Records (814) Census Records (65) Church Records (25) City Directories (61) Court Records (1) Death Records (31) Histories and Genealogies (30) Immigration Records (7) Land Records (18) Map Records (14) Marriage Records (34) Military Records (4) Miscellaneous Records (10) Newspapers and Obituaries (32) Probate Records (25) School Records (39) Tax Records (4) 
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Kent County Records by City/TownArctic Genealogy (42)Coventry Genealogy (316) East Greenwich Genealogy (221) Greenwich Genealogy (46) Natick Genealogy (42) |
Pawtuxet Genealogy (47) Phenix Genealogy (47) Warwick Genealogy (331) West Greenwich Genealogy (234) West Warwick Genealogy (143) |
Overview of Kent County Records
- Kent County was created in 1750 from Providence 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, probate, and land records starting in 1679.
- Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.