Providence County, Rhode Island
Cemeteries in East Providence, RI
East Providence is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, with a population of about 47,139. Public map data lists 9 cemeteries here. Some have a mailing address in Pawtucket, Riverside, Rumford.
East Providence cemetery list 9
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Ancient Little Neck Burial Ground
Penrod Avenue and Cozzens Street, Riverside, RI 02915
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Carpenter Cemetery
Newman Avenue, East Providence, RI 02916
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Gate of Heaven Cemetery
550 Wampanoag Trail, Riverside, RI 02915
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Hunt Cemetery
1275 Pawtucket Avenue, Rumford, RI 02916
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Lakeside Cemetery
Newman Avenue and Pawtucket Avenue, East Providence, RI 02916
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Mount Saint Mary Cemetery
661 Prospect Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860
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Newman Cemetery
Newman Avenue and Pawtucket Avenue, Rumford, RI 02916
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Springvale Cemetery
Pawtucket Avenue, East Providence, RI 02916
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Stanley Granite Monument Cemetery
91 Pawtucket Avenue, Rumford, RI 02916
Locations are approximate and come from public USGS data, which may be incomplete. Small family plots are often unmarked or missing. Please respect private property.
Search records for East Providence ancestors
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Finding burial records in East Providence
- East Providence city clerk. The city clerk's office can help with death records for people who died in East Providence, and statewide records are kept by the Rhode Island Department of Health's Center for Vital Records in Cranston. Recent records are usually restricted to close family; older ones are more widely available.
- Cemetery records. Ask the city clerk about the town's historical cemetery list. Rhode Island numbers its historical cemeteries by town, and volunteers with the Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission record them.
- Old town reports. Annual town reports often listed each year's deaths. Try the East Providence public library or the nearest library that keeps them.
- Local historical society. Historical societies often hold gravestone transcriptions, cemetery surveys and family files. The Rhode Island Historical Society and the Rhode Island State Archives in Providence are good statewide sources.
- Probate and land records. Rhode Island has no county government. Deeds (land evidence records) and wills and estates are kept by East Providence itself, at the city clerk's office and the town's probate court.
- FamilySearch. The free FamilySearch site has indexed Rhode Island vital records and town records that can confirm a death date before you visit.