Free Rhode Island Census Records Online include records kept when Rhode Island was just a colony, state and federal census records, and census substitutes.
Free Rhode Island Census Substitutes for the early years
- List of Early Settlers of Rhode Island
- 1648-1696 Rhode Island Land Evidences, Volume I
- 1621, 1700, Pierce’s Colonial Lists: Civil, Military, and Professional Lists of Plymouth and Rhode Island Colonies, comprising colonial, county and town officers, clergymen, physicians and lawyers; with extracts from colonial laws defining their duties
- Documentary History of Rhode Island, Volume 2, (Portsmouth and Newport to 1647 with early residents)
- Documentary History of Rhode Island, Volume 1, (Providence and Warwick to 1649 and of the Colony to 1647)
- New Index to the Civil and Military Lists of Rhode Island
- Civil and Military List of Rhode Island, 1647-1800, Volume 1
- Civil and Military List of Rhode Island, 1647-1800, Volume 2
- 1746, The Muster Rolls of Three Companies Enlisted by the Colony of Rhode Island in May, 1746, for an Expedition Against Canada proposed by Great Britain
- 1798, Federal Direct Tax for Newport RI, Schedules D and E (enlarge on monitor, names of owners and renters)
- 1813 Pension List: Rhode Island
- 1813 Invalids, Pensioners, Rhode Island
- 1818 Revolutionary War Pensioners, Rhode Island
- 1820 Pension List: Rhode Island
- 1840 Pension List: Rhode Island
- 1883 Pension List: Rhode Island
Here’s a great example of a free, Rhode Island Census Record Substitute online: a copy of a plat map showing the division of home lots in Providence, Rhode Island. And Rhode Island GenWeb has a digitally recreated map that’s more readable.
Free Rhode Island Census Records Online
- 1774 Census of the Inhabitants of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
- 1774 Census of the Inhabitants of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
- 1885 Rhode Island State Census
- 1895 Rhode Island State Census
- 1905 Rhode Island State Census
- 1915 Rhode Island State Census
- 1925 Rhode Island State Census
- 1935 Rhode Island State Census
- 1790 US Federal Census
- 1800 US Federal Census
- 1810 US Federal Census
- 1820 US Federal Census
- 1830 US Federal Census
- 1840 US Federal Census
- 1850 US Federal Census
- 1860 US Federal Census
- 1870 US Federal Census
- 1880 US Federal Census
- 1900 US Federal Census
- 1910 US Federal Census
- 1920 US Federal Census
- 1930 US Federal Census
- 1940 US Federal Census
Free Rhode Island Census Substitutes for Newport County, Rhode Island
Free Rhode Island Census Substitutes for Providence County, Rhode Island
- 1686-1689, Tax lists of the town of Providence during the administration of Sir Edmund Andros and his council
- Providence County 1740 Census
If you’re able to use a fee site, MyHeritage.com, Ancestry.com, AmericanAncestors.com, FindMyPast.com, and others have Rhode Island census records. The Family History Library has many useful census resources if you’re able to get to an institution where you can order & view microfilms/fiche on loan from the FHL. And it goes without saying that if you’re in Rhode Island you should check out local repositories and societies resources. Oh, to be so lucky!