Rhode Island Immigration records online may include passenger lists, passport information, border crossings, settlement records, court cases, and more.
These records often provide names, places and dates of birth, ethnic background, date and port/station of arrival, the name of the ship or rail, place of residence, where they were educated, parents’ names, names of children, and more.
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Rhode Island Immigration Records online at the federal level
US – United States Index to Alien Case Files, 1940-2003, index links to images, at FS
US – United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956, index, at FS
US – United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906, index & images, at FS
US – United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012, index & images, at FS
US – United States, New England, passenger and crew lists, 1911-1954, at FS
US – All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, results, at Anc$
US – U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960, at Anc$
US – US Immigration and Travel Records, 1836-1914, at FMP$
US – U.S., Index to Alien Arrivals at Canadian Atlantic and Pacific Seaports, 1904-1944, at Anc$
US – United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925, at MH$
US – United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925, at Anc$
US – United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925, index & images, at FS
US – Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1914, at MH
US – Russians Immigrating to the United States, at MH$
US – Czechs Immigrating to America, at MH$
US – Germans Immigrating to the United States, at MH$
US – Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, at MH$
US – Italians Immigrating to the United States, at MH$
US – Transatlantic Migration, North America to Britain and Ireland, 1858 – 1870, at MH$
US – Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1500 – 1900, at MH$
US – Atlantic and Gulf Ports, Passenger List Card Index, 1820-1870, at MH$
US – Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, at MH$
US – United States, Passenger and Crew Lists – New England Passenger And Crew Lists, at FMP$
US – British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812, at FS
Rhode Island Immigration Records online at the state level
Rhode Island – Rhode Island, Davisville, Melville, Newport, and Quonset Point, airplane passenger and crew lists, 1955-1957, at FS
Rhode Island – Rhode Island, Maine New York, and Connecticut passenger lists, 1820-1874, at FS
Rhode Island – Immigrants to New England, 1700-1775, at FS
Rhode Island – Rhode Island Passenger Lists, at Anc$
Rhode Island – Rhode Island Passenger Lists by Maureen A. Taylor, at Anc$
Rhode Island – Immigrants to New England, 1700-1775, at FS
Rhode Island – Maritime Papers of Rhode Island, at FS
Rhode Island – Admiralty Papers, at FS
Rhode Island – Rhode Island, Maine New York, and Connecticut passenger lists, 1820-1874, at FS
Rhode Island – Bristol and Warren, Rhode Island, at FS
Rhode Island – Providence, Rhode Island, at FS
Rhode Island – Newport, Rhode Island, at FS
Rhode Island – List of American seamen of Providence District pursuant to the act for the relief and protection of American seamen, at FS
Rhode Island – Passenger Lists, Providence, Rhode Island, 1911-1943; book indexes, 1911-1934; card indexes, 1911-1926, at FS
Rhode Island Immigration Records online at the county level
Newport County – Rhode Island, Davisville, Melville, Newport, and Quonset Point, airplane passenger and crew lists, 1955-1957, at FS
Washington County – Rhode Island, Davisville, Melville, Newport, and Quonset Point, airplane passenger and crew lists, 1955-1957, at FS
Newport County – Rhode Island, Newport County, seamen’s records, 1798-1930, at FS
Rhode Island Immigration Records online at the city level
Davisville, Washington County – Rhode Island, Davisville, Melville, Newport, and Quonset Point, airplane passenger and crew lists, 1955-1957, at FS
Melville, Newport County – Rhode Island, Davisville, Melville, Newport, and Quonset Point, airplane passenger and crew lists, 1955-1957, at FS
Newport, Newport County – Rhode Island, Davisville, Melville, Newport, and Quonset Point, airplane passenger and crew lists, 1955-1957, at FS
North Kingstown, Washington County – Rhode Island, Davisville, Melville, Newport, and Quonset Point, airplane passenger and crew lists, 1955-1957, at FS
Providence, Providence County – Passenger lists of vessels arriving in Providence, Rhode Island, 1911-1943 ; index to passengers : book indexes, 1911-1934 ; card indexes, 1911-1954 : NARA publications T1188, T792, T518, at FS
Providence, Providence County – Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence, seamen’s records, 1929-1940, at FS
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