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Bristol Historical & Preservation Society in RI
  • Home
  • EVENTS
    • CALENDAR
    • BRITS ATTACK BRISTOL!
    • BRITS ATTACK SPONSORSHIPS
    • UPCOMING LECTURES
    • WALKING TOURS
    • GENEALOGY CLUB
    • HISTORY BOOK CLUB
  • MEMBERSHIP/DONATIONS
    • MEMBERSHIP
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  • EXHIBITS/COLLECTIONS
    • EXHIBITS
    • TIMELINE OF ENSLAVEMENT
    • COLLECTIONS
  • POZZI CENTER
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    • RESEARCH & REPRODUCTION
    • GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
    • PLAQUE PROGRAM
    • PANDORA'S BLOG
    • TALES FROM JAIL
    • OUR STORY
    • CONTACT US

GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH

To do genealogical research at the Society, please contact us in advance to be sure there is a staff member or a volunteer with knowledge to assist you. If needed, a special appointment may be arranged on off days. 


Call 401-253-7223 or email info@bhpsri.org.


Basic research at the Society is free to members. There is a $10 per diem charge for non-members. You may also request research to be done for you at the rate of $25 per hour.


Resources:  

  • The Society has primary resources and books on many Rhode Island families in addition to local family genealogies (see list below). It also has a complete set of James N. Arnold's Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850. 
  • The Rogers Free Library, located at 525 Hope Street, Bristol, has access to Ancestry.com for use at the Library and at home. https://rogersfreelibrary.org/ancestry-com/
  • HeritageQuest has extensive genealogical information and is accessible through the Cumberland Public Library. It is free for RI residents with their Ocean State library card at.  http://cumberlandlibrary.org/databases/Genealogy]
  • The Bristol Phoenix is an excellent resource for genealogists tracing Bristol ancestors. You may search by year or browse by keyword.  http://bristol.advantage-preservation.com]

the following BH&PS genealogies available for download:

Alice Bateman Almy Genealogy.

A Family Tree for Polydore and Adjua DeWolf

This glimpse into Bristol history through the lens of detailed genealogical research is a story about two slaves, both born in Africa, who were brought to Bristol as young children in 1803 by Captain James DeWolf, a slave trader. They later married each other in 1826. 

ALICE BATEMAN ALMY GENEALOGY (pdf)Download
POLYDORE & ADJUA DEWOL FAMILY GENEALOGY v3.docx (pdf)Download

BH&PS FAMILY FILES

The Society has files for the following Rhode Island families. Some files will include genealogical files. Please call in advance to view.


Almy Family 

Andrews Family (Robert, Sylvia, Eliza)

Babbitt Family (Jacob) 

Bache Family (Evelyn)

Balzano Family

Bates Family

Bennett Family 

Black Family (see Trotter Family)

Blagrove Family 

Bosworth Family 

Bourn/Bourne Family 

Bowen Family  

Bowerman Family 

Boynton Family

Bradford Family (LeBaron, Parnell, William)

Bragg Family (Henry, John) 

Briggs Family (Ruth, additional info under Goodwin Family)

Bristed Family (John, The Reverend)

Brown Family (additional info under Paine Family)

Brownell Family 

Bullock Family (Emma Wescott, additional info under Wescott Family) 

Bunn Family

Burnham Family

Burnside Family (Ambrose)

Byfield Family (Nathaniel) 

Cady Family 

Calder Family (additional info under Gladding – Smith – Calder)

Carr Family 

Cary Family

Chadwick Family

Chase Family

Champlin Family 

Church Family (William Howe, Helen, additional info under Warren Family)

Cirillo Family

Clark Family (Jeremy) 

Codman Family

Coggeshall Family

Coit Family (David, additional info under Goodwin)

Cole Family 

Collins Family 

Colt Family 

Cook Family 

Cummings Family 

Darling Family

DeWolf Family (Abigail, Charles, George, James, John, Katherine, Levi, Louise, Mark, Polydore and Adjua, Susan (Reynolds), William Henry, and Winthrop)

Diman/Dimand/Dimond Family (Byron, George Waters, Henry Wight, Martha, Francis Moore

Dimock Family (Joseph)

Doringh Family 

Drowne Family 

Drury Family (see Goodwin)

Easterbrooks Family

Eddy Family 

Esleeck-Childs Family 

Evans Family

Ezikovich Family

Fales Family

Fay Family

Freeborn Family (James Thomas) 

French Family

Fulton Family

Gibson-Knowlton Family

Gladding Family (Charles, Hawkins, John, Lillian, Miriam) 

Goff Family 

Gooding Family  

Goodwin Family (Briggs, Coit, Daniel)

Gorham Family 

Gray Family (Edward) 

Greenhill Family 

Guiteras Family

Haffenreffer Family 

Hall Family 

Halsey Family (additional info under Winthrop-Halsey)

Hawkins Family (additional info under Gladding-Hawkins)

Healy Family

Henshaw Family

Herreshoff Family 

Hoar/Hoare Family 

Holbrook-Weaver Family 

Howe Family (George Locke, Halsey DeWolf, Herbert, Mark Anthony DeWolf, Wallis)

Howes Family (Thomas)

Howland Family 

Hubbard Family

Ingraham Family (additional info under Minturn Family)

James Family

Jolls Family (Thomas)

Jones Family (Capt. Tom) 

Kimball Family (William B.)

Kinder Family

King Family (Clement)

Kinnecutt Family

Knowlton Family (Josephine Gibson)

Lawless Family (Capt. James) 

Little-Howland Family (additional info under Russell)

Locke Family (Rev. George Howe)

Luther Family (Giles, Macauley, David)

Manchester Family

Marshall Family (Philip)

Maxfield Family

May Family

McCarthy Family (William or Bill)

Metacom (or King Philip)

Middleton Family (additional info under Russell)

Miller Family

Minturn Family (additional info under DeWolf)

Morgan Family (Alice Bell)

Morice Family (Daniel Nathaniel)

Munro/Monro Family (Annie, Archibald, George, Nathaniel, Simeon, Sylvester, Wilfred H., William P.)

Newton-Toman Family 

Norris Family 

Northrup Family

Oliver Family (Nathaniel) 

Oxx Family

Paine Family (William)

Paine-Brown Family (additional info under Russell)

Pardee Family  (Alice DeWolf, Nancy Abercrombie)

Paull Family

Peabody/Peabodie-Sisson Family

Pearce/Pearse Family (Lydia, Richard, Samuel, William) 

Peck Family 

Perry Family

Pineo Family

Pozzi Family

Potter Family (Hopestill, Reynolds, Simeon, Walley, Ware) 

Quinn (Anthony)

Reynolds Family 

Richmond Family 

Rogers-DeWolf Family

Rosbotham Family 

Russell Family (Nathaniel, Jonathan, additional info under Paine Family)

Sabin Family

Sanford Family (Sanford-Howland, Louis)

Santulli Family

Saunders Family 

Seymour Family

Simmons Family

Sisson Family (George)

Slocum Family

Smith Family (Richard)

Soule Family (George of the Mayflower)

Southworth Family (additional info under Church Family)

Spalding Family (Edward)

Springer Family 

Spooner Family (additional info under Bourne, Manchester, McCaughy)

Swan Family

Taylor Family

Tessler Family (Helen/Helene)

Thayer Family (additional info under Levere, Viera, Breen)

Thompson Family (Edward, Cephus)

Thorp Family

Throop Family (additional info under Waldron)

Toman Family (additional info under Newton-Toman)

Townsend Family

Trotter-Black Family 

Usher Family (Hezikiah, John)

Waldron Family 

Walker Family (Thomas)

Wardwell Family 

Warren Family (additional info under Church)

Weaver Family (additional info under Holbrook-Weaver) 

Wescott Family (Stukeley, Emma)

Wight Family

Williams Family (Fielding, Roger)

Wilson Family 

Winthrop-Halsey Family 

Young Family






OUR MISSION


The mission of the Society is to stimulate interest in the history of Bristol, Rhode Island, through education, research, and the collection and preservation of historic objects.


The Bristol Historical & Preservation Society is a 501(c)(3) Organization.

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