Rhode Island Obituaries online lists obituary collections and death notices from libraries, newspaper publishers, transcribed collections, and others with published information related to the death of an individual such as:

• • Name of the deceased person

  • Age of deceased person at the time of death

  • Birth date and place

  • Death date and place

  • Names of parents, spouse, and/or relatives

  • Residence of the deceased person

  • Biographical information such as occupation, religion, social activities

  • Name of the newspaper and the date and place of publication

  • Mortuary or undertaker or funeral home

This is a preliminary listing and the key has not been updated

Also see:

Rhode Island Substitute Birth, Marriage, and Death Records online

Rhode Island Funeral Home Records online

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KEY to collections

• FS=FamilySearch FREE but login with your free account to access
• AA$ – American Ancestors – fee site
• Anc$ – Ancestry – fee site
• Arc$ – Archives – fee site
• MH$ – MyHeritage – fee site
• N$ – Newspapers.com – fee site
• NA$ – NewspaperArchive.com – fee site
• NAb$ – Newspaper Abstracts.com – fee site
• NB$ – NewsBank – fee site
• OA$ – ObitsArchives.com – fee site (free index)
• AA – Advantage Archives
• AG – AfriGeneas
• CO – CurrentObituary.com
• GB – GenealogyBuff.com
• GBk – GenealogyBank
• GL – GenLookups.com
• GTHG – Genealogy Trails History Group
• IA – Internet Archive
• RIGW – RIGenWeb
• RIGWA – RIGenWeb Archives
• L – Legacy.com
• OC – ObitCity.com
• OH – Obituaries Help
• RW – RootsWeb

Rhode Island obituaries online at the federal level

US – Obituaries – HeritageHub collection of obituaries and death notices all 50 states, 1704-present, at NB$

US – Obituaries – Current Obituaries, at CO

US – Obituaries – United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011, index links to images, at FS

US – Obituaries – United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014, index & images, at FS

US – Obituaries – Obituary Daily Times Searchable Index, at RW

US – Obituaries – United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012, index & images, at FS

US – Obituaries – Currentobituary.com index, 2001-2014, index links to images, at FS

US – Obituaries – Tributes.com, MH$

US – Obituaries – United States Obituary Notices, at FMP$

US – Obituaries – U.S., American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Obituaries, 1899-2012, at Anc$

US – Obituaries – U.S., Selected Jewish Obituaries, 1948-2002, at Anc$

US – Obituaries – U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, at Anc$

US – Obituaries – U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-current, at Anc$

US – Obituaries – Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2016, at Anc$

US – Obituaries – The United Methodist Church Annual Conference Journal Memoirs Index, at GCAH

US – Current Obituaries – Online Obituaries, at Arc$

State level Rhode Island Obituaries online

Rhode Island – Obituaries – Rhode Island obituaries, 2003-2014, at FS

Rhode Island – Obituaries – Rhode Island Necrology, 1913-1914, at FS

Rhode Island – Obituaries – Necrology in the Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society, 1872-1914, at ORIF

Rhode Island – Obituaries – Rhode Island USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project, at USGWA

Rhode Island – Obituaries – African-American Cemeteries and Obituaries, at BC

Rhode Island – Obituaries – Rhode Island Obituary Search, at OA$

Rhode Island – Obituaries – Rhode Island Obituaries, at OC

Rhode Island – Obituaries – Rhode Island Obituary and Death Notice Archive, at GL

Rhode Island – Obituaries – Rhode Island Obituaries, at L

Rhode Island – Obituaries – Genealogy Bank Obituaries, at GBk

Rhode Island – Obituaries – Rhode Island Obituaries, at GB

Rhode Island – Current Obituaries – Rhode Island Obituaries at Funeral.com

Rhode Island – Newspapers – Rhode Island Newspapers, at Anc$ 

Rhode Island – Newspapers – Newspaper Abstracts Rhode Island, at NAb$

Rhode Island – Newspapers – NewspaperArchive, at NA$

Rhode Island – Newspapers – Historical Newspapers in Rhode Island, at N$

County level Rhode Island Obituaries online

Kings County – Obituaries – Kings County Obituaries online, at RIGWA

Newport County – Obituaries – Newport County Obituaries online, at RIGWA

Providence County – Obituaries – Providence County Obituaries online, at RIGWA

Kent County – Obituaries – Kent County Obituaries online, at RIGW

Bristol County – Obituaries – Bristol County Obituaries and Death Notices online, at GTHG

Kent County – Obituaries – Kent County Obituaries and Death Notices online, at GTHG

Newport County – Obituaries – Newport County Obituaries and Death Notices online, at GTHG

Providence County – Obituaries – Providence County Obituaries and Death Notices online, at GTHG

Washington County – Obituaries – Washington County Obituaries and Death Notices online, at GTHG

Washington County – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the South Kingston Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)

City level Rhode Island Obituaries online

Block Island – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Island Free Library, at AA (obituary search capability)

Bristol – Newspapers – Digital Archives of The Bristol Phoenix, at AA (obituary search capability)

Cranston – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Cranston Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)

East Greenwich – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the East Greenwich Free Library, at AA (obituary search capability)

Howard – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Cranston Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)

Jamestown – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Jamestown Philomenian Library, at AA (obituary search capability)

North Kingston – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the North Kingstown Library, at AA (obituary search capability)

North Kingstown – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the North Kingstown Library, at AA (obituary search capability)

Pawtucket – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Pawtucket Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)

Pawtucket – Newspapers – Pawtucket History Archives, at PPL (obituary search capability)

Phenix – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the West Warwick Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)

Providence – Obituaries – Providence Journal Obituaries and Death Notices, 1980-current (available only with a PPL library card), PPL

Wakefield – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Maury Loontjens Memorial Library, at AA (obituary search capability)

Wakefield – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the South Kingston Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)

Warwick – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Pawtucket Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)

Warwick – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the East Greenwich Free Library, at AA (obituary search capability)

Wickford – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Pawtucket Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)

Wickford – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the North Kingstown Library, at AA (obituary search capability)

Woonsocket – Obituaries – Woonsocket Death Records Search (Rhode Island), at WC