Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. in Two Volumes. Volume I

Download or read book Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. in Two Volumes. Volume I written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work contains all of the articles on Rhode Island families that had been published in "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" since 1846. Except for articles relating to the immigrant origins of Rhode Island families, which have appeared elsewhere, this has many of the best genealogical articles of the last 140 years, many by leading genealogists of the 19th and 20th centuries. A lengthy Introduction by Gary B. Roberts, Director of Publications at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, gives a picture of the current state of Rhode Island genealogy and has an updating of his Bibliography of 100 Colonial Rhode Island Families.