Where To Obtain Your

Rhode Island Vital Records


Birth
Marriage

Certificates

$15 each

1899 to present

Rhode Island Dept of Health

Division of Vital Records

3 Capitol Hill, Rm. 101
Providence, RI 02908-5097
401.222.2811

http://vitalrec.com/ri.html

Death

Certificates

$15 each

1949 to present

Birth

Marriage

Records

Copy fees vary

1636 - ~1900

Rhode Island Historical Society Library

121 Hope Street, Providence, RI 02906
401.273.8107

Death

Records

1636 – 1920

Birth

Marriage

 

1853 - 1898

Rhode Island State Archives

337 Westminster Street
Providence, RI, 02903

401.222.2353

http://www.state.ri.us/archives

Death

 

1853 – 1948

Birth

Marriage
Divorce
Death
Records

Copy fees vary

1636-1850

Contact town clerk's office in the town where the event occurred.

Divorce

 

1749-1962

Judicial Records Center

5 Hill Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860
401.721.2640

http://www.courts.state.ri.us/records/locations.htm

Divorce

 

1962 to present

 

Rhode Island Family Court

Garrahy Judicial Complex
1 Dorrance Plaza, Providence, RI 02903

401.458.5272


The Rhode Island Historical Society Library

121 Hope Street, Providence, RI 02906

401-273.8107 x10

http://www.rihs.org