Source Information

Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, U.S., Marriage Index, 1851-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

About Rhode Island, U.S., Marriage Index, 1851-1920

One of the smallest states in the Union, Rhode Island was also one of the earliest settlements in British North America. This database is a collection of marriage records between 1851 and 1920.There maybe be a few marriages from the 18th or even 17th centuries but the primary set of records begins in 1851. Each record provides the names of bride and groom, and marriage date. Taken from existing copies of the original records, this can be a useful source of detailed information.

Providence Births 1636-1920, Providence Marriages 1851-1920, Providence Deaths 1636-1930, Bristol County - Barrington, Bristol, and Warren, Kent County - Coventry, East Greenwich, Warwick, and West Greenwich, Washington County - Charlestown, Exeter, Hopkinton, North Kingstown, Richmond, South Kingstown, and Westerly.