A RIHS
Library Resource Sheet
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Rhode Island Passenger List
Resources in the RIHS Collections
The following items are located in the Reading
Room.
1798-1872 Rhode Island Passenger Lists: Port
of Providence 1798-1808; 1820-1872
Port of
Bristol and Warren 1820-1871, by Maureen Taylor (print)
CS 44 T39 Aisle 4
1872-1910 Passenger lists for this time period
have been lost. They do not exist anywhere.
1911-1920 Book
indexes to passenger lists, Providence, RI, 1911-1920 (microfilm)
Mfilm CS 44 P7 Microfilm cabinet
The Book Indexes are
arranged by date of ship arrival and provide the surname, given name, date,
list number, line number on the list, and name of the ship.
1911-1954 Index to Passenger Arrivals, Port of
Providence, 1911-1954 (microfilm)
Mfilm CS 44 P35 Microfilm cabinet
Note: While this index covers arrivals through 1954,
the records themselves only go as far as 1943 (see entry below). Arrival index cards are on high reduction (42x)
microfilm. Use high magnification reader. The index is filmed in two columns.
One column is filmed upside down in comparison to the other column. The
microfilm reader head must be turned in order to properly read both columns.
The Arrival Index
Cards are first arranged alphabetically by surname and then chronologically
under surname. The cards provide the surname, given name, age, sex, year, volume
number and line number, where each individual can be found in the passenger
lists.
1911-1943 Passenger
Arrivals to Port of Providence, 1911-1943 (microfilm)
Mfilm CS 44 P35 Microfilm
cabinet
These are the
records listed in both indexes above. The index includes 1943-1954 but the
actual records have been lost.
1943-1954 Passenger lists for this time period have been lost. They do
not exist anywhere. The only record of them is in the index listed above.
Rhode Island Historical Society Library
121 Hope Street
Providence, RI 02906
401-273-8107 ext. 10