Providence County, Rhode Island Historical Directories

Providence County, Rhode Island Online Historical Directories

Expand your research by checking out the Rhode Island Online Historical Newspapers here.

Tax lists linked here are not true directories, but do list many residents and are a nice substitute in their absence.

Links to directories at New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) are to the images themselves, which are browsable.  Non-subscribers will not be able to view these. Non-subscribers can, however, use the search engine and see a listing of possible results (but no images or further details).  To search by keyword, go to the Digital Archive & Library search engine on this page (it is the second search box).  For more information on how to access subscription websites, read Number 5 on my FAQs page.

Providence City Directory, unknown, 1824 - Free (DistantCousin - available through the Wayback Machine - may "disappear" with time)

Providence City Directory, Brown & Danforth, 1824 - Free (Early Rhode Island Toolmakers)

 - transcribed

Providence City Directory, unknown, 1836-7 - Free (Early Rhode Island Toolmakers)

Providence City Directory, Brown, 1844 - Free (Rhode Island GenWeb)

Providence City Directory, Brown, 1859 - $ (NEHGS)

 - Part I (Aagers-Burrough); Part II (Burroughs-Hayden); Part III (Hayden-Paine); Part IV (Paine-Williams); Part V (Williams-Zuill; other names)

Providence Lamplighters Directory, City of Providence, 1880 - Free (All-Ancestors)

 - transcribed

North Providence Tax List, Town of North Providece, 1888 - Free (DistantCousin)

Providence City and Rhode Island Business Directories, Sampson, Murdock, & Co., 1889 - Free (Google Books)

Providence House Directory and Family Address Book, Sampson, Murdock, & Co., 1899 - Free (Google Books)

Providence House Directory and Family Address Book, Sampson & Murdock, 1905 - Free (One Rhode Island Family blog)

 - Providence residents are listed by street

 - East Providence residents are listed in the back by name

Providence City and Rhode Island State Business Directory, Sampson & Murdock, 1919 - Free (Internet Archive)

 - incorrectly listed as the 1824 directory

Central Falls Tax List, Central Falls City Council, 1921 - Free (DistantCousin)

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