Newport, Rhode Island Directories, 1887-92

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Located in southern Rhode Island, the city of Newport was formed in 1639 and is part of Newport County. This database is a transcription of city directories originally published in 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1892. In addition to providing the resident's name, it provides their address and occupational information. It includes over 88,900 names, mostly heads of households. For the researcher of ancestors from southern Rhode Island, this can be an extremely valuable collection.

Sources Ancestry.com Newport, Rhode Island Directories, 1887-92. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Newport, RI, 1887. Newport, RI: Sampson, Murdock & Co., 1887. Newport, RI, 1888. Newport, RI: Sampson, Murdock & Co., 1888. Newport, RI, 1889. Newport, RI: Sampson, Murdock & Co., 1889. Newport, RI, 1890. Newport, RI: Sampson, Murdock & Co., 1890. Newport, RI, 1891. Newport, RI: Sampson, Murdock & Co., 1891. Newport, RI, 1892. Newport, RI: Sampson, Murdock & Co., 1892.

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