Washington 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. Washington Records by TypeBirth Records (36)Cemetery Records (991) Census Records (66) Church Records (61) City Directories (86) Court Records (3) Death Records (27) Histories and Genealogies (70) Immigration Records (17) Land Records (36) Map Records (49) Marriage Records (47) Military Records (34) Miscellaneous Records (15) Newspapers and Obituaries (84) Probate Records (35) School Records (32) Tax Records (32) 
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Washington County Records by City/TownBlock Island Genealogy (72)Charlestown Genealogy (149) Exeter Genealogy (283) Hope Valley Genealogy (45) Hopkinton Genealogy (166) Kingston Genealogy (51) Narragansett Genealogy (122) New Shoreham Genealogy (72) |
North Kingstown Genealogy (264) Richmond Genealogy (151) South Kingstown Genealogy (333) Wakefield Genealogy (55) Watch Hill Genealogy (44) Westerly Genealogy (299) Wickford Genealogy (59) |
Overview of Washington County Records
- Washington County was created in 1729 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, probate, and9 and land records starting in 1669.
- Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.