Butler County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

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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

Land
The Recorder of Deeds is located at: 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.

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.

Vital Records
Societies and Libraries


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

Web Sites

 * Linkpendium - Butler County
 * USGenWeb project