As the title indicates this book covers vital records for the town of Providence Rhode Island for the period 1636-1850. This work is one of many books written by the author James N. Arnold a former editor of the Narragansett Historical Register. There are approximately 12000+ individual names and the records contained include dates of births deaths and marriages as well as other valuable information. Softcover (1892) repr. 2011 Index 304 pp.