Free Rhode Island Records On Line


In November of 2017, Ancestry dumped 25 years of genealogy materials accumulated by the Rootsweb volunteers. Over the past 8 months we have monitored their blogs as they promised repeatedly that the data would be restored. I do not think that it will happen at this point as they now have Rootsweb directing to a generic Ancestry advertising page.

What that means for us is that hundreds of links on these pages are now bad. Please be patient as we try to recover the information. Unfortunately we do not have the resources to work on the genealogy data beyond our focus on the Civil War. Contact Us or friend ResearchOnLine on Facebook for periodic notes on our progress.


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New Links - September 2018:
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Links Checked - September 2018:
  • Rhode Island FREE Digital Library

  • Links Not Found - September 2018:
    Links Not Checked - September 2018:
  • Rhode Island GenWeb
  • Rhode Island Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
  • Rhode Island Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Camp 7 Site Directory
  • Union Regimental Index - Rhode Island
  • 1890 Veterans Census for Northern Virginia - 1890 Veterans Census of Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, and Stafford Counties Listing of soldiers/sailors from US Infantry, US Artillery, Navy, and states of CA, CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV, Washington; other titles of Surgeons, Inspector General, US Inf., Chaplin Hospital; includes many names without state identification or units.
  • 1890 Census Reconstruction - Coos County, Oregon Listing of soldiers/sailors from US Infantry, US Artillery, Navy, and states of AR, CA, CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MN, NC, NH, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TX, VA, WI, Washington; to include many names without state identification.
  • 1893 Nebraska Census of Civil War Veterans (listed under Assorted States' Enlistees)
  • Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska - Military Rosters This website is well worth looking at. It names the Veterans residence as well as their nationality and in some cases where buried. Of the first 3 pages I came up with more states and countries than I can list here. Nationalities of Canada, Prussia, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Sweden, England, Luxemboug, Switzerland, Wales, and more.
  • Brevet Union Generals of the Civil War Listed alphabetically by Soldier's name
  • Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients
  • Civil War Mysteries: Home of the Unknowns
  • Civil War Soldier and Sailors Database Can be researched by Regiment or soldier name.
  • Commodore Joel Abbott Camp No. 21, Rhode Island Roster
  • Company of Military Historians
  • Connecticut Civil War Residence Index of Manuscripts [by state]
  • Gettysburg Union Order of Battle
  • Grand Army of the Republic Death Rolls Books [advertisement] includes states of AR Territory, AR, CA, CO Territory, CT, Dakota Territory, DE, District of Columbia, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE Territory, NE, NH, NJ, NM Territory, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, RH, TN, VT, VA, WV, WI, US Army, USCT, US Navy, Veterans Reserve Corp.
  • Men Captured at Plymouth, NC
  • MOLLUS: War Papers - Personal Narratives of the Battles of the Rebellion
  • Rhode Island Civil War Round Table
  • Rhode Island Civil War Regimental Muster Rolls
  • Rhode Island GenWeb
  • Rhode Island Medal of Honor Recipients
  • Rhode Island Regional Directory Look under Society and Culture, then History and CIVIL WAR... Great directory for anything you might be looking for in Rhode Island!
  • Rhode Island Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
  • Rhode Island Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Camp 7 Site Directory
  • Rhode Island Soldiers at Andersonville
  • Rhode Island African American Sailors
  • Rhode Island Sons of Union Veterans Elisha Dyer Camp No.7
  • Regimental Nicknames
  • Tompkin's Battery, Rhode Island Light Artillery -History, Roster
  • Union Regimental Index - Rhode Island
  • Union Soldiers Executed
  • USIGS Books OnLine Index [Military Links State Index]
  • Units of the 19th Corps Regimental Histories of the 19th Corps (Includes states of CT, IN, LA, MA, ME, MI, NH, NY, PA, RI, TX, US, VT, WI)

  • 1stRhode Island Light Artillery, Battery B
  • 1stRegiment, Rhode Island Light Artillery
  • 1stRegiment, Rhode Island Cavalry
  • 1stRhode Island Infantry
  • 1stRegiment, Rhode Island Infantry
  • 2ndRegiment, Rhode Island Cavalry
  • 2ndRegiment, Rhode Island Infantry
  • 3rdRegiment, Rhode Island Heavy Artillery
  • 3rdRegiment, Rhode Island Cavalry
  • 4thRegiment, Rhode Island Infantry
  • 5thRegiment, Rhode Island Infantry/Heavy Artillery
  • 7thRegiment, Rhode Island Cavalry
  • 7thRegiment, Rhode Island Infantry
  • 9thRegiment, Rhode Island Infantry
  • 10thRegiment, Rhode Island Infantry
  • 10thRegiment, Rhode Island Infantry Co. L
  • 11thRegiment, Rhode Island Infantry
  • 12thRegiment, Rhode Island Infantry
  • 14thRegiment, Rhode Island Heavy Artillery
  • Hospital Guards, Rhode Island Infantry



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