Death Records

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Death Records

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Abstract: Rhode Island death recordings filed pursuant to "An act to provide for a registration of Births, Marriages, & Deaths" passed February 16, 1850 & as amended February 6,1852.

Scope and Content: Annual death registration ledgers compiled from original municipal returns & transcribed in duplicate as official records; one copy retained locally; second forwarded to the State. Includes date & place of death, age, color or race, marital status, occupation, place of birth, names of parents & cause of death. Volumes commencing1900 provide names of attending physician, undertaker & place of disposition. Individual returns / certificate issues implemented July 1, 1921.

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Death Registrations, 1853-1963

2021-05-19