Index to Providence, Rhode Island, Probate 1646-1899

The state of Rhode Island is unique in that probate matters are handled by the towns, not by counties or probate districts. In 1897 the City Council of Providence directed the clerk of the Municipal Court to better organize the records prior to 1891. By 1900 this organization was completed and a cumulative index from the city's founding in 1646 through the year 1899 was compiled.

This database indexes almost 30,000 probate cases handled over the course of two and a half centuries. It is fully searchable by name, case number, date, or type of probate.

This index can be viewed at the NEHGS Research Library in Boston, call number REF F89/P9/P88.

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