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The Kent County Daily Times
The Pawtuxet Valley Daily Times

he Kent County Daily Times has been an important source of news in Rhode Island for over 100 years. Since the first issue, published as The Pawtuxet Daily Times on July 20, 1892, to the present, it has covered the political, social and economic events that have shaped the lives of the people in Kent County.

        The West Warwick Public Library has the Times on microfilm from the first issue to the current. With the help of a grant from the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities, we have created a personal name Index so that you can more easily locate information about the people who lived and worked here in the past. We have also devised event codes so that you can more easily find birth, death and marriage information. The Index currently covers:
                  July 20, 1892 to Sept 9, 1895.
        The time span included in the Index will expand as our work continues.

The Times Index was made possible by a grant from
The Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities.

Many thanks to our volunteers whose hard work has made the Index possible: Evelyn Albrektson Helen Andrade Paul Blanding Mildred Carlson Paul Blanding Kim Craig Joseph Cournoyer Irene Demers Ferole Dewell Caroline Helie Hildegard Perry Sandra Wilson Normand Goulet Diana Kercz Laura Moulton Madeline Harrop Ginger Mello And to our Project Coordinator: Caroline Helie

Because they cared for the future
Because they wondered at the past
They marked the path....

        If you would like to be part of this wonderful adventure, inquire at the circulation desk at the West Warwick Public library today!