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4 born in Greece - Rhode Island, Providence County, Swan Point Cemetery Records 1846-1950

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FamilySearch.org  has added a new FREE database titled "Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence, Swan Point Cemetery Records, ca.1846-ca1950" which has 4 records for people born in Greece. What Can These Records Tell Me? Name Where Buried Place of Birth Age Child of Married Place of Death Date of Death Disease Undertaker You will be able to view the indexes immediately online.  To view the actual Cemetery Records you will need to visit a Family History Center or Affiliate Library.

1,201 born in Greece - Rhode Island, District Court Naturalization Indexes, 1906-1991

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FamilySearch.org has a new FREE database titled   Rhode Island, District Court Naturalization Indexes, 1906-1991  which has 1,201 index cards for people born in Greece.   The Index card contains the following information: Family name Given name or names Address Certificate No. Title and location of court Country of birth or allegiance When born (or age) Date and port of arrival in U.S. Date of naturalization Names and addresses of witnesses You might also be interested in a previous post - United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906 which has 2,075 index cards for people born in Greece.

Greeks in the Rhode Island State Census - Years 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935

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Rhode Island began taking its own census every ten years beginning in 1865. The 1895 state census is missing. The census was compiled to obtain a count of the population of the state to determine how many representatives the state would send to Congress. The information is generally reliable. However use the information with some caution, since the information may have been given to a census taker by any member of the family or by a neighbor. Some information may have been incorrect or deliberately falsified. Population schedules are handwritten on printed cards.  There are different cards for males and females. This census covers 90 to 95 percent of the individuals within the counties enumerated. FamilySearch.org makes copies of these census records available for FREE.  See below for links to the collections by year. Year 1905  - 245 people born in Greece Year 1915 - 1,104 people born in Greece Year 1925 - 1,176 people born in Greece Year 1935 - 967...

2,075 born in Greece - New England Petitions for Naturalization Index (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)

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FamilySearch.org has a FREE database titled UNITED STATES, NEW ENGLAND PETITIONS FOR NATURALIZATION INDEX, 1791-1906 which has 2,075 index cards for people born in Greece.   RECORD DESCRIPTION The collection consists of naturalization documents filed in the National Archives Northeast Region (NARA ARC Identifier 4752894) which includes: Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont The majority of the records cover the date range of 1787-1906 but there are a few pages of outlying records from 1921, 1923, and 1932. The index consists of 3x5 inch cards arranged by state then by Soundex coded names of petitioners.  RECORD CONTENT The index cards  usually contain the following: Name of immigrant Place of residence Title and location of court granting certificate of naturalization Volume and page number where certificate is recorded Country of birth Age or birth date Date of arrival and U. S. port of entry Names and address of wit...