Rhode Island Court Records online includes all types of court records such as miscellaneous court collections, guardianship records, some probate records, and more. This is a preliminary list.

For present day court records online, please visit Rhode Island Public Records online for links.

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KEY to collections

• FS=FamilySearch FREE but login with your free account to access
• Anc$=Ancestry – fee site
• MH=MyHeritage – fee site
• GTHG – Genealogy Trails History Group
• IA – Internet Archive
• RW – RootsWeb

Rhode Island Court Records Online at the federal and state level

US – United States Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918, index & links to images, at FS

US – United States Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874, images, at FS

US – United States, Freedmen’s Bank Records, 1865-1874, index & images, at FS

US – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Freedmen’s Court Records, 1865-1872, index & images, at FS

US – U.S. Circuit Court Criminal Case Files, 1790-1871, at Anc$ 

US – United States, Index of Court Cases, 1833-2018, at MH

US – U.S., F.B.I. Deceased Criminal Identification Files, 1971-1994, at Anc$ 

US – American Protective League Correspondence, 1917-1919, at Anc$ 

US – U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patents, 1790-1909, at Anc$ 

US – United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Patents, 1970-2019, at Anc$ 

US – International Patents, 1890-2020, at Anc$ 

Rhode Island – Rhode Island court records: records of the Court of Trials of the Colony of Providence Plantations, 1647-1670, at FS

Rhode Island – Admiralty papers 1726-1786, at FS

Rhode Island – Court minute books, 1727-1783, at FS

Rhode Island – Court records, 1671-1879 [Rhode Island], at FS

Rhode Island – Court records, 1741-1743, at FS

Rhode Island – Records of Rhode Island, 1638-1644, at FS

Rhode Island Court Records Online by County

Newport County – Court Records – Court Records, 1730-1881, at FS

Washington County – Court Records – Court Records 1731-1880, at FS

Washington County – Court Records – Court Records, 1747-1901 [Washington County, Rhode Island], at FS

Washington County – Court Records – Fines and Recoveries, 1725-1750 [Washington County, Rhode Island], at FS

Rhode Island Court Records Online by City

Bristol – Court Records – The Defendant’s Fist Many Blows Did Strike : the Rev. John Usher of Bristol, RI, V. Capt Simeon Potter of Bristol, RI, 1761, at FS

Middletown – Court Records – Court Records, 1751-1785, 1813-1833, at FS

Providence – Court Records – First, Second and Third Books of the Town of Providence : 1647-1715, at FS

South Kingstown – Court Records – Court Records 1782-1821, at FS