RI State Archives are good - but limited; its jurisdiction is limited to Rhode Island events.You can research Births (1878-1914), Marriages (1724-1916), Deaths (1802-1950), and Residency - RI State Census (1885-1935) conducted on the 5th year after each Federal Census; also, the Archive mantains City Directories for each of the State's 39 Cities and Towns - from abt 1900 to the present. In addition to the RI State Archives , the Rhode island Historical Society has NARA microfilm copies of ship's passenger lists, for arrivals through the Port of Providence (contact the RIHS for specific Information). For Probate and Federal Court Records, Contact RI Superior Court , and US District Court for RI, for information.
n.b. Immigration and Naturalization records for RI are not housed at the RI State Archives; they are housed along with those of the rest of the N.E. area at the National Archives, in Waltham Massachusetts. Again, contact NARA for specifics. On Jan 8, 9:45 pm, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Repost for Ceeshouse, cshouse at optonline.net > > I'm new to the list and looking up my mother's family. According to the > 1920 Census, John and Mary (Joao and Mariana) came to the US I presume > through the port of Boston or close by in 1900. They settled in Seekonk, MA > and were both naturalized in 1907. They went on to have seven children who > all born in Rhode Island. My grandmother died when my mother was only about > 4 so she doesn't remember much. I'm going to be making a trip to the > Archives in a few weeks, but figured I'd post to he list in the meantime. > > My mother always thought her grandparents were from Cape Verde, but the > census says St. Michael Portugal which would indicate the Azores, I believe. > > John Lema - age 49 - b. 1871 > > Mary - age 36 - b 1884 > > Frank - b. 1907 > > Robert - b. 1908 > > Annie - b. 1910 > > Clara - b. 1912 > > Louis - b. 1914 > > Joseph - b. 1915 > > Ammela - b. 1918 > > In 1920 they're living on Hunt St, but at some point they lived at 165 > Carpenter. > > To her knowledge, Robbie, Louie and Annie made it to adulthood. > > Robert married Celia and had 3 children, Beverly who died as a toddler, > Barbara and Joyce. > > Louie Married 2 or 3 times. first to Lena then much later to Mildred with > whom he adopted John Michael who wound up in an institution or ward of the > state after Millies death in the late 70's or early 80's > > Upon the death of her mother, my mother went to live (and was legally > adopted by) her father in Providence. We presume he wasn't listed on her > birth certificate. She has the adoption papers somewhere, but can't locate > them. I know they must contain some valuable info. > > When I get to the area, I'm looking forward to getting copies of the > Naturalization papers for John and Mary as well as birth and death records > for Annie's Siblings. > > My mother also had a brother Joey (Joseph) Lima who was born about 1930 and > drowned somewhere around 1940. We think Joey had a different father, as it > doesn't appear he was adopted by her father. I had at one time found a > newspaper clipping about the accident, but she has since misplaced it. I > had given her all the documents after taking her to the archives in NYC, but > it was all damaged in a flood in her home. I don't think I made copies > unfortunately. > > Any advice about Azores records would be greatly appreciated. -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
