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• 1774 Rhode Island Colonial Census | Genealogy

  1774 Rhode Island Colonial Census is a Census of the Inhabitants of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

• 1790 Census of Population and Housing

  From the US Census Bureau. Printed transcriptions in .pdf or .zip format showing Heads of Household.

  • Rhode Island PDF

  • Rhode Island ZIP

• 1940 Census-Rhode Island| FamilySearch.org ^FREE

• AccessGenealogy - Rhode Island Census Records

  Census links for online census research.

• African American Census Schedules Online | Rhode Island

• Ancestry.com - Search Census and Voter Lists

  US, UK, and Canadian census records. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

  • Rhode Island Census & Voter Lists

  • Rhode Island Census, 1740-1890

    AIS indexes. Original source: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Rhode Island Census, 1740-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.

• Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Census Collection

  Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription.

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  • 1890 Veterans Schedules

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• Archives.com - Search For Rhode Island Census Records $

  Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.

• Census Online - Links to Online Census Data - Rhode Island

• Census Project (USGenWeb) - Rhode Island

  This site lists where volunteers are needed for transcription. The state pages give both links where there are censuses that need to be transcribed and links to completed transcriptions.

• Free Census Project (USGenWeb) - Rhode Island Online Inventory

  Lists the completed transcriptions currently online, updated weekly. Copies of these transcriptions are placed in the USGenWeb Archives.

• National Archives & Records Administration

  • The Federal Population Censuses - Catalogs of NARA Microfilm

    • 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Online Version

    • 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Paper Version

    • 1900 Federal Population Census Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Paper Version

    • 1900 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Online Version

    • 1910 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Online Version

    • 1910 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Paper Version

    • 1920 Federal Population Census Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Paper Version

    • 1920 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Online Version

    • 1930 Census Microfilm Locator

      Provides the researcher with the correct microfilm roll number to search. It is not an online index of names and does not contain scanned images of the original records.

    • 1930 Federal Population Census Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Paper Version

• National Archives - Browse the 1940 Census - Rhode Island ^FREE

• Rhode Island State Census Transcription Project

  New Horizons Genealogical Services has launched the Rhode Island State Census Transcription Project, it is our goal to get the whole Rhode Island census and mortality schedules transcribed and published on the internet. We have links on our site to most known records already transcribed.

• Search Free Rhode Island Federal, State, Colonial and Military Census Records Online | Genealogy

  Search Free Rhode Island Federal, State, Colonial and Military Census Records Online.

• The Rhode Island 1840 Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Service | Genealogy

  1840 Census of Pensioners For Revolutionary or Military Services: With Their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census.

• The USGenWeb Census Project - Rhode Island County Index

  The US census data on this site was transcribed and proofread by USGenWeb Census Project volunteers.

• The USGenWeb Census Project On-Line Census Inventory - Rhode Island

  State-by-state inventory of transcribed censuses with links to scanned images.

• USGenWeb Archives - Census Images - Rhode Island