By law, the State Archives can not divulge Marriage or Death Certificate information for fifty (50) years and Birth Certificates for one hundred (100) years after the event. The RI Dept of Health does issue certificates to persons demonstrating a legal need. Unfortunately, I don't know what a "legal need" is. I have gotten death certificates for my own immediate family for probate concerns. The Providence Public Library has indexes of Births, Deaths and Marriages that took place in the City of Providence from 1636 up to the 1950's. _http://www.provlib.org/elibrary/athome/athome.htm_ (http://www.provlib.org/elibrary/athome/athome.htm) The person looking for a birth in Marieville, might find it in that index. There were no hospitals in North Providence until the 1950's and unless the person was born at home, the birth would have been at the Providence Lying In Hospital and the names of the parents should be in the index. If it was a Roman Catholic Birth, a Baptismal certificate might be found in the Marieville Church, The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (A French Canadian Parish mostly) _http://www.dioceseofprovidence.org/_ (http://www.dioceseofprovidence.org/) I hope this sheds some light on the subject. Paul McEnanly