How to Obtain Rhode Island Vital Records
This page provides information on obtaining copies of Rhode Island
birth certificates, Rhode Island marriage licenses, Rhode Island divorce
decrees and Rhode Island death records. There are also useful
links to past Rhode Island Vital Records for those of you conducting
family history research. General information about US vital
records can be viewed on this site's homepage
Rhode Island Vital Records may be obtained
from the following government office:
Office of Vital Records
Rhode Island Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill, Room 101
Providence, RI 02908-5097
Rhode Island vital records order forms as well as more information
are available on the following pages:
The Rhode Island Department of Health may be contacted
by phone on (401) 222-2811 or online at http://www.health.ri.gov/
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Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Records Online via Vital
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Other Rhode Island Vital Records Resources
I have included these additional sites because they may
contain Rhode Island vital records (birth records, marriage records,
divorce records or death records) that you might find useful
if you are conducting genealogy research:
Social
Security Death Index 
search over 80 million names - The Social Security Death
Index (SSDI) is a database that contains the names of deceased
persons who were assigned Social Security numbers and whose
deaths were reported to the SSA. These records usually include
a full name, birth and death dates, and last known residence
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Rhode Island Marriage Records Online - a comprehensive collection
of many online marriage databases for Rhode Island indexed in
county order
Search
Rhode Island Birth, Marriage & Death Records 
online databases of vital records
USGenweb Archives
Project - Rhode Island USGenWeb is an archive of free databases
including vital and other records such as marriages, church
records, wills,censusesand cemetery records.
World
Vital Records search over 800
million US names including marriage records, divorces and
death records
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