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Goal 4: Learn about Rhode Island church and cemetery records.
Choices
ALearn about Rhode Island church records.
Summary
- Find Rhode Island church information by denomination.
- Search Rhode Island church records at the county level.
- Get an overview of Rhode Island church records in these articles.
FS—Rhode Island Church Records
AC—Rhode_Island Church Records - Explore additional links for Rhode Island church records on the
LDSGenealogy site. - Explore church record resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for church records. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
BExplore Rhode Island cemetery records.
Summary
- Find cemetery records for Rhode Island ancestors from a number of sources.
- Explore Rhode Island cemetery records in this article.
FS—Rhode Island Cemetery Records - Browse the
Interment.net site for Rhode Island cemetery records. - Search for Rhode Island cemetery records online.
- Explore Rhode Island cemetery records on the AccessGenealogy site.
- Explore additional links for Rhode Island cemetery records on the LDSGenealogy site.
- Explore the Tombstone Transcription Project on the U.S. GenWeb site.
- Search the Find A Grave site for cemetery records.
- Search the BillionGraves site for cemetery records.
- See additional cemetery resources on the Rhode Island Linkpendium site.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for cemetery records. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Oliver Hazard Perry was buried in Rhode Island. Use the "MH: Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries, 1658" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- When was Oliver born, and when did he die?
- What is the name of his wife?
- Where did he die, and what was the cause of death?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Oliver" as the first name and "Perry" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the name for Oliver Hazard Perry.
- View the gravestone image for information.
- Oliver was born in 1785 and died on 23 Aug 1819.
- His wife was Elizabeth Champlin.
- He died in Fort Sapin, Trinidad, of yellow fever. (Contributed by Brent Bunker )
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