As the title indicates, this book covers vital records for the towns of Cranston, Johnston and North Providence, Rhode Island, for the period 1636-1850. This work, which is one of many books written by the author, James N. Arnold, a former editor of the Narragansett Historical Register, includes three of his publications. There are approximately 6,000 individual names, and the records contained include dates of births, deaths, and marriages, as well as other valuable information. Softcover, (1892), repr. 2011, Index, 138 pp.