Welcome to the Rhode Island - Reference Books

The Narragansett Historical Register, A Magazine Devoted to the Antiquities, Genealogy and Historical Matter Illustrating the History of the Narragansett Country, or Southern Rhode Island. A Record of Measures and of Men for Twelve Full Score Years and Ten. - James N. Arnold, Editor. This work was intended to be a repository of facts. Town Records, leaders, Indians, various Christian churches and denominations, poets and poetry, cemeteries, soldiers, natural history, events and incidents, early settlers, extracts from old diaries, origin of names and words, lectures and essays, amusing anecdotes, and genealogical and biographical sketches, notes, and papers can be found here.

History of Bristol, R.I.: The Story of the Mount Hope Lands - Wilfred H. Munro. Beginning with the visits of the Northmen, the historical narrative moves forward through accounts of the Indian wars, the character and lives of the early settlers in Bristol, the events of the American Revolution, the privateers of the War of 1812, the commerce of the port, and sketches of the region's distinguished men as it progresses towards the present.

Genealogical information is presented in the form of several records from churches, lists of freemen, businessmen, selectmen and constables. There is also a "Roll of Honor" of Bristol men who served in the Civil War, and a roll of representatives in the General Court of Plymouth Colony, 1682-1692; the General Court of Massachusetts, 1692-1746; and in the General Assembly of Rhode Island from 1747 to 1880. A two-page appendix tells the story of "The Writing Upon the Rock," strange characters of unknown origin. Includes an index of names, places and subjects. (1880) reprint, 396 pp., illus., append., everyname plus subject index, paper, $30.50 #ZM856

A Brief History of the Town of Glocester, Rhode Island - Elizabeth A. Perry; edited by Edna M. Whitaker Kent. Elizabeth Perry's original book, published in 1886, is reprinted here in its entirety with new material and indices by Edna M. Whitaker Kent. The book opens with an early history of the Providence County region, which was a portion of the Native Americans' Great Wilderness Trail. Proceeding with the organization of the town in the 1730s through the War for Independence and the War of 1812 up until 1885, the book records many subjects related to the life of the town. 1995, 154 pp., illus., map, new indices, paper, $18.50 #ZP167