Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Newport County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Newspapers
- Anti-Masonick Rhode-Islander (New-Port [R.I.])1829-18??
- Atkinson's Daily Times (Newport, R.I.)1846-????
- Fall River Argus (Fall River, Mass.)1842-1843
- Fall River Journal ([Fall River, Mass.])1859-186?
- Gazette Françoise (Newport [R.I.])1780-1781
- Herald of the Times (Newport, R.I.)1830-1846
- Herald of the Times (Newport, R.I.)1849-1856
- Herald of the Times, and Rhode Islander (Newport, R.I.)1846-1849
- L'alba (Providence, R.I.)1910-19??
- Newphoto (Newport, R.I.)1946-19??
- Newport Advertiser (Newport, R.I.)1851-1864
- Newport Advertiser (Newport, R.I.)1924-192?
- Newport Daily Advertiser (Newport, R.I.)1849-1850
- Newport Daily Herald (Newport, R.I.)1847-1848
- Newport Daily News (Newport, R.I.)1846-Current
- Newport Daily Observer (Newport, R.I.)1888-1889
- Newport Daily Observer and the Season (Newport, R.I.)1888-1888
- Newport Evening Mercury (Newport, R.I.)1853-1854
- Newport Herald (Newport, R.I.)1787-1791
- Newport Journal (Newport [R.I.])1857-1859
- Newport Mercury and Weekly News (Newport, R.I.)1928-1986
- Newport Navalog (Newport, R.I.)1944-Current
- Newport Recruit (Newport, R.I.)1923-1943
- Newport Recruit and Service Schools' Log (Newport, R.I.)1943-194?
- Newport Recruit and the Trade Schools' Log (Newport, R.I.)1943-1943
- Newport Weekly Advertiser (Newport, R.I.)1850-1851
- Newport Weekly Journal and Rhode Islander (Newport, R.I.)1857-1857
- Reservist ([Newport, R.I.])1917-191?
- Rhode-Island Republican (Newport, R.I.)1801-1806
- The Archetype (Fall River, Mass.)1841-1842
- The Companion ; and Commercial Centinel (Newport, R.I.)1798-1798
- The Electric Spark (Jamestown, R.I.)1910-1935
- The Guardian of Liberty (Newport, R.I.)1800-1801
- The Newport County Sentinel (Tiverton, R.I.)1925-1950
- The Newport Enterprise (Newport, R.I.)1886-1897
- The Newport Gazette (Newport [R.I.])1777-1779
- The Newport Herald (Newport, R.I.)1892-19??
- The Newport Item (Newport, R.I.)1894-189?
- The Newport Journal (Newport, R.I.)1867-1877
- The Newport Journal and Weekly News (Newport, R.I.)1877-1928
- The Newport Mercury (Newport, R.I.)1759-1928
- The Newport Mercury, Or, the Weekly Advertiser (Newport, R.I.)1758-1759
- The Newport Observer (Newport, R.I.)1889-189?
- The Newport Post (Newport, R.I.)1948-19??
- The Newport Topic (Newport, R.I.)1946-1946
- The Newport Weekly News (Newport, R.I.)1859-186?
- The Prudence Island Beacon (Homestead, R.I.)1926-19??
- The Rhode Island Democrat (Providence, R.I.)1879-189?
- The Rhode Islander (Newport [R.I.])1841-1846
- The Rhode-Island Gazette (Newport, R.I.)1732-1733
- The Rhode-Island Gazette (Newport, R.I.)1834-1???
- The Rhode-Island Museum (Newport [R.I.])1794-1794
- The Rhode-Island Republican (Newport, R.I.)1809-1841
- The Royal Gazette (New-York [N.Y.])1777-1783
- The Seaside Record (Newport, R.I.)1873-1???
- The Season (Newport, R.I.)1886-188?
- The Tea Tray (Newport, R.I.)1866-18??
- The Village Bell (Little Compton, R.I.)1881-188?
- Weekly Companion (Newport [R.I.])1799-1799
- Weekly Companion ; and the Commercial Centinel (Newport, R.I.)1798-1799
- Weekly Reporter ([Newport, R.I.])1908-1910
- Workingman's Journal (Newport, R.I.)1853-185?
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected newspaper titles cataloged by the Library of Congress with explicit county geography. Priority is given to titles beginning by 1950; up to five later titles are included where no earlier dated title is listed for that county. Dates describe publication history, not the issues available at a library. Multiple format records with the same title, place and dates are grouped. The catalog may describe paper, microfilm or online resources. Open ends and the word Current reflect the catalog description; confirm present availability and exact holdings with the libraries listed on the linked record.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Find Newport County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the town or city clerk.
- The town or city clerk
In Rhode Island, land evidence, probate and births, marriages and deaths are kept by each town, not the county.
- The Rhode Island State Archives
In Providence: colonial and state records, state censuses and older vital records. Historic court records are at the Supreme Court Judicial Records Center in Pawtucket.
- Rhode Island State Archivesfree
The state archives in Providence, with colonial and state records, state censuses and older vital records.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Rhode Island, Newport" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Land not yet in any county
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1703, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Rhode Island's counties have no government; town clerks keep land, probate and vital records. James N. Arnold's published Vital Record of Rhode Island transcribes town records from 1636 to 1850.