Library Catalog 

Monday: 1-8
Tuesday: 10-8
Wednesday: 1-8
Thursday: 10-8
Friday: 1-5
Saturday: 10-4
Sunday: 1-4

Summer hours:
Saturday: 10-2, Sunday: Closed

Books

Ancestry’s Red Book (REF/929.1/ANC)

Daughters of the American Revolution. DAR Patriot Index (RIC/929.3/DAR)

Finding Aid for Rhode Island Town Records (REF/929.3/ULL)

Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (RIC/929.2/AUS)

Genealogical Research in Rhode Island (RIC/929.1/FIS)

Genealogies of Rhode Island Families

(RIC/929.2/GEN)

New England Families (RIC/929.1/CUT)

New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (REF/929.3/TOR)

One Hundred And sixty Allied Families (RIC/929.2/AUS)

Organizing and Preserving Your Heirloom Documents (929.1/STU)

Plugging into your Past: How to Find Real Family History Records Online (REF/929/CRU)

Researchers Guide to American Genealogy (RIC/929/GRE)

Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island (RIC/929.1/REP)

Rhode Island 1777 Military Census (RIC/929.3/CHA)

Rhode Island Freeman, 1747-1755 (RIC/929.3/MAC)

Rhode Island Vital Records, New Series (RIC/929.3/BEA)

The Source: a Guidebook of American Genealogy (REF/929.1/SOU)

U.S. Military Records: a Guide to Federal & State Sources (REF/929.3/NEA)

Virtual Roots (REF/929.1/KEM)

Vital Records of Rhode Island (RIC/929.4/ARN)

Your Guide to Cemetery Research (929.5/CAR)

The New England Historic Genealogical Society is available using one of the library’s public computers. Ask for assistance to get started. The site limits the library to one user at a time.

This information is meant to get you started. If you don’t see what you are looking for, ask us.

Besides our book collection, we have cemetery lists, vital records, tax records, family histories and high school yearbooks.

Please read About our collections and our Special Collections Policy for more information.