One of the main goals for genealogists is finding marriage information about their ancestors.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, a great number of indexes to marriage collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific marriage license, bond, and certificate information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual marriage documents themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include marriage information that is not included in the lists below. These different types can be found in 27 Ways to Find Ancestor Marriage Information.
The lists below are specific marriage indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of Rhode Island.
Note: Some of the links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage, please make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Note: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
(Updated April 2023)
Rhode Island Marriage Records
- Barrington Town Records (incl Probate), 1718-1886
- Barrington, Bristol Marriages, 1636-1885
- Bristol County, Marriages
- Bristol, Vital Records, 1680-1850
- Burrillville Birth, Marriage, and Death Records 1747-1900
- Burrillville, Marriages
- Burrillville, Vital Record Indexes (1766-1921) and Vital Records (1901-1915) –, 1766-1921
- Central Falls Intentions and Returns of Marriage, 1896-1897
- Central Falls, Vital Records, 1850-1915
- Charlestown Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Charlestown Marriages
- Charlestown Marriages
- Coventry Births, Marriages, Deaths 1702-1870
- Coventry Births, Marriages, Deaths 1830-1915
- Cranston Marriages
- Cranston Birth, Marriage, and Death Records: 1850-1915
- Cranston Town and Vital Records, 1722-1868
- East Greenwich Vital Records, 1666-1950
- East Greenwich, Kent Marriages, 1851-1885
- East Greenwich, Land and Property Records (1677-1937) and some Births and Marriages (1677-1793) –, 1677-1937
- East Providence Vital Records Registry Book, 1877-1888
- East Providence, Marriage Records (1862-1892)
- East Providence, Marriages, 1893-1897, 1897-1899
- East Providence, Vital Records 1883-1916
- Exeter Marriages
- Foster Marriages
- Glocester Births, Marriages, Deaths (1726-1815) and Deaths (1902-1915)
- Gloucester Marriages
- Hopkinton Marriages
- Hopkinton, Marriages 1881-1915, Births 1902-1915, and Deaths 1903-1915
- James N. Arnold Collection of Rhode Island Vital Records Online 1636-1850
- Jamestown Marriage Records
- Jamestown, Newport Marriages, 1636- 1850
- Jamestown, Newport Marriages, 1852-1883
- Johnston, Providence Marriages, 1722-1885
- Johnston, Births, Marriages, Deaths Index prior to June 1, 1898
- Kent County, Marriages
- Kings Towne Record of Friends, Marriages
- Lincoln Intentions and Returns of Marriage, 1881-1887
- Lincoln Vital Records and Indexes 1894-1915
- Little Compton, Newport Marriages, 1636-1850
- Middletown Marriages
- Middletown Births, Marriages, Deaths 1700-1870
- Middletown, Newport Marriages, 1636-1850
- Middletown, Newport Marriages, 1708-1719, 1733-1883
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Narragansett Record of Friends, Marriages
- New Shoreham Marriages
- New Shoreham, Vital Records 1850-1915
- Newport County, Marriages
- Newport The United Brethren Marriages
- Newport Births, Marriages, Deaths 1880-1915
- Newport, First Baptist Church Marriages between 1790 and 1835
- Newport, Newport Marriages, 1636-1850
- Newport, Newport Marriages, 1851-1878
- North Kingstown Marriages
- North Kingstown Births, Marriages, Deaths 1700-1950
- North Kingstown Births, Marriages, Deaths, volumes 3-4, 1814-1910
- North Kingstown, Washington Marriages, 1835-1885
- North Smithfield Vital Record Indexes (1871-1970) and Vital Records (1871-1915), 1870-1970
- Pawtucket Marriages 1828-1843
- Pawtucket Births 1886-1902 and Marriages 1885-1902, Returns of Births and Marriages 1900-1902
- Pawtucket Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths of North Providence and Pawtucket, 1748-1885; Indexes to Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1728-1914
- Pawtucket, Providence Marriages, 1636-1859
- Polish American Marriage Database for Rhode Island
- Providence Alphabetical Index of Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Providence County Town Marriage Records for the following Towns: Burrillville, Cranston, Foster, Glocester & Scituate
- Providence County, Marriage Indexes
- Providence County, Marriages
- Providence Marriages Of St. John’s Church
- Providence Westminister Congregational Church Marriages
- Providence Births (1876-1890), Marriages (1870-1891), and Deaths (1880-1892)
- Providence Index of the Births, Marriages, and Deaths; Births, from 1636 to 1850
- Providence Intentions of Marriages, 1881-1894
- Providence Marriage Records 1906-1915
- Providence Returns of Marriages, 1879-1892
- Providence Vital Records, 1894-1899
- Providence, Providence Marriages, 1636-1850
- Providence, Alphabetical Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths
- Rhode Island Marriages
- Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916
- Rhode Island Records
- Rhode Island Town Clerk Vital and Town Records 1630-1945
- Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916
- Rhode Island Genealogical Collections
- Rhode Island, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1636-1850
- Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945
- Rhode Island, Vital Records (1800-1919), (1951-1955) and Indexes (1846-1950)
- Rhode Island, Vital Records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953
- Rhode Island, Vital Records, 1853-1920
- Richmond Marriages
- Richmond Marriages
- Richmond Township, Washington Marriages, 1729-1885
- Scituate Township, Providence, Marriages, 1850-1885
- Scituate Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1800-1903
- Scituate. Marriages
- Smithfield Vital Records Index
- Smithfield Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths of Central Falls 1725-1948
- South Kingston Marriages
- South Kingstown Marriages
- United States Marriages, 1733-1990
- United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872
- Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850
- Wakefield Church Of The Ascension Marriages 1843-1881
- Warren Births, Marriages, Deaths 1730-1856
- Warren Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1850-1915
- Warren, Bristol, Marriages, 1636-1885
- Warwick Early Records
- Warwick, Kent Marriages, 1851-1882
- Warwick, South County People Recorded in the first Book of Marriages
- Washington County, Marriages
- West Greenwich Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1906-1915
- West Greenwich, Kent Marriages, 1851-1885
- Westerly Christ Church Marriages
- Westerly Marriages
- Westerly, Marriage Records, 1724-1729
- Woonsocket Township, Providence Marriages, 1867-1879
- Woonsocket Vital Records (1880-1915) and Indexes (1867-1965), 1867-1965
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