Butler County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

United States   Pennsylvania    Butler County

County Courthouse
124 W. Diamond St. Butler, PA 16001

Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30am - 4:30pm

Phone: (724) 285-4731 (724) 284-5473 (TDD)

Parent County
12 March 1800: Butler County was created from Allegheny County.

==== Boundary Changes ====


 * Before 1788: Butler County was part of Northumberland County.
 * 1788: Allegheny County (including future Butler County) was created from Northumberland County.

Neighboring Counties
Allegheny | Armstrong | Beaver | Clarion | Lawrence | Mercer | Venango | Westmoreland

Church

 * "100 years of the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese 1843–1943". Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Quarterly, 17:1. FamilySearch Library book 974.8 B2wg. Contains chronolgy, map, county-by-county information.

Land
Recorder of Deeds Floor L, County Government Center 124 West Diamond Street P.O. Box 1208 Butler, PA 16003 Phone: (724) 284-5340

Land recordsfrom 23 April 1973 to the present can be accessed on-line.


 * Deeds, 1804-1902; Index to Deeds, 1800-1925

Local Histories

 * Over 950 fully-searchable books and published works covering much of western Pennsylvania have been posted online at Historic Pittsburgh, nosted by the University of Pittsburgh's Digital Library.

Maps

 * Ancestor Tracks has posted the 1858 Map of Butler Co., Pennsylvania from surveys by Jas. Dunlap, Hugh McKee, David Scott, E. Maurhoff &amp; J.W. Kirker. This map shows the tracts of landowners at that time, as well as towns, villages and roads.  This source is a perfect companion while consulting the 1850 and 1860 census records.  While the physical maps are in the public domain, the images we have taken of the maps belong to us and are not to be used commercially.  We hereby give permission to use them for personal use; please attribute to Ancestor Tracks.

Newspapers
An obituary Indexis available on-line through the Butler Area Public Library. I covers the years 1818 through 2010.

Copies of the Butler Times are available at Google News.

Vital Records
Birth and death records are available at the county level for 1893 to 1905 only. For records after 1905 contact the:

Vital Records, State Department of Health P.O. Box 1528 101 South Mercer Street New Castle, PA 16101 Phone: (724) 656-3100 Fax: (724) 652-8951

Marriage records at the county level began in 1885 and are kept to the present. For marriages prior to 1885 a search of church records must be conducted. To request a copy of a marriage record from the county contact:

Butler County Register of Wills &amp; Clerk of Orphans' Court P. O. Box 1208 Butler, PA 16003



Societies and Libraries


 * Cranberry Genealogy Club
 * Butler County Genealogical Society
 * Butler County Historical Society
 * Zelienople Historical Society
 * Evans City Area Historical Society

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Cranberry Township Pennsylvania Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Linkpendium - Butler County
 * USGenWeb project