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Newport County, Rhode Island

Cemeteries in Portsmouth, RI

Portsmouth is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, with a population of about 17,871. Public map data lists 36 cemeteries here. Some have a mailing address in Prudence Island.

Portsmouth cemetery list 36

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 Portsmouth ancestors

Cemetery lists tell you where someone may be buried. Death records, burial indexes and obituaries tell you who and when.

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Finding burial records in Portsmouth

  • Portsmouth town clerk. The town clerk's office can help with death records for people who died in Portsmouth, 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 town 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 Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth itself, at the town 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.