Providence County, Rhode Island
Cemeteries in Providence, RI
Providence is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, with a population of about 190,934. Public map data lists 14 cemeteries here.
Providence cemetery list 14
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Elder Pardon Tillinghast Lot Cemetery
398 Benefit Street, Providence, RI 02903
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Grace Church Cemetery
Elmwood Avenue and Broad Street, Providence, RI 02907
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Joseph Williams Lot Cemetery
Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI 02907
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Locust Grove Cemetery
442 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI 02907
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North Burial Ground Cemetery
5 Branch Avenue, Providence, RI 02904
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Providence College Cemetery
Eaton Street, Providence, RI 02908
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Quaker Burial Ground
Branch Avenue, Providence, RI 02904
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Richard Thornton Lot Cemetery
Thornton Street, Providence, RI 02909
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Saint John's Cemetery
271 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02903
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Saint Patrick's Cemetery
Douglas Avenue and Chad Brown Street, Providence, RI 02908
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Solomon Angell Lot Cemetery
Smith Street and Old Road, Providence, RI 02908
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Sons of David and Israel Cemetery
401 Reservoir Avenue, Providence, RI 02910
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Swan Point Cemetery
585 Blackstone Boulevard, Providence, RI 02906
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Waterman - Henry Lot
Alexander Street and Rutherglen Avenue, Providence, RI 02907
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.
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Finding burial records in Providence
- Providence city clerk. The city clerk's office can help with death records for people who died in 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 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 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.