Answer Book Historical Groups
Mailing address: 112 Oak Ridge Drive, Butler, PA. 16002
Facebook: Butler County Genealogy Society of Pennsylvania
Contact: Randal Werner, president
Meetings: 6:15 p.m. third Tuesday of every month except December, unless otherwise advertised, at Butler Area Public Library.
Address: 123 W. Diamond St., Butler, PA 16001
Phone: 724-283-8116
Website: butlerhistory.com
Email: society@butlerhistory.com
Contact: Mackenzie Herold, outreach coordinator
Operates: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays
Sen. Walter Lowrie House, 123 W. Diamond St., Butler
Little Red School House, 200 E. Jefferson St., Butler
Cooper Cabin, 199 Cooper Road, Cabot
Mailing address: 612 Saint Lawrence Lane, Gibsonia, PA 15044-8022
Phone: 724-712-6129
Website: isa4817group.wixsite.com/christophergistsar
Email: rwsielski@zoominternet.net
Contact: Raymond Sielski, secretary
Address: 205 Orchard Lane, Butler, PA 16001
Phone: 724-283-9851
Email: kristufek1@gmail.com
Contact: Carol Kristufek, chapter regent
Operates: Membership is by invitation only.
Mailing address: 27 Sunset Court, Cranberry Township, PA 16066
Website: cranberrygenealogy.org
Email: info@cranberrygenealogy.org
Contact: Debbie Billeter, treasurer and webmaster
Meetings: 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Visit cranberrygenealogy.org for meeting locations. Most programs are offered both in-person and virtually, and are free; though paid memberships are appreciated.
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1931, Cranberry Township, PA 16066
Phone: 724-720-6465
Website: explorecranberry.org
Email: info@explorecranberry.org
Contact: Roy Wagner
Operates: Sample School, a restored one-room schoolhouse at 2525 Rochester Road, open by appointment only.
Address: 204B Suite 1 S. Jackson St., Evans City, PA 16033
Phone: 724-538-3629
Email: evanscityhistory@gmail.com
Contact: Rick Reifenstein, president
Operates: The museum is open from 9 a.m. to noon every Tuesday from April through November. Also by appointment on request.
Address: Butler, PA. 16001
Website: darcarolk.wixsite.com/generalrichardbutler
Email: sstacy155@zoominternet.net
Contact: Stacy Stoughton, chapter regent
Meetings: Regular meetings are the second Saturday of each month from September through June at First English Lutheran Church, Butler. They do not meet in January and February. The Christmas Tea is in December.
Address: 218 Mercer St., Harmony, PA 16037
Phone: 724-452-7341
Website: www.harmonymuseum.org
Email: hmuseum@zoominternet.net
Contact: Kathy Luek, president
Operates: The nine-property Harmony Museum in and near Harmony’s National Historic Landmark District. Tour times are 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.
∎ Lancaster Township Historical Records Committee and History Center
Address: 497 Perry Highway, Harmony, PA 16037
Phone: 724-822-4823
Website: On Facebook at Lancaster Historical Center, Butler County, Pa.
Email: lancasterhistory@yahoo.com
Operates: The center is open from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays or by appointment.
Address: 1 Brickyard Road, Mars, PA 16046
Phone: 724-272-9588
Website: marshistory.org
Email: marshistory@gmail.com
Contact: John Watson, president
Meetings: 7:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month in the Library Room of the Main Building. The public is welcome. The station and museum are open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays or by appointment.
Mailing address: P.O. Box 169, Wexford, PA 15090
Website: www.NorthHillsGenealogists.org
Email: info@NorthHillsGenealogists.org
Contact: Rob Boston, president
Meetings: Refer to website
Address: Lutherlyn Campus, 500 Lutherlyn Lane, Butler, PA 16001
Phone: 724-352-2138
Website: pennsylvaniaarchaeology.com
Email: deyoungl59@gmail.com
Contact: Laura DeYoung, chapter representative
Meetings: 7 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month at the Woodland Lodge, Lutherlyn Lane, Butler.
Address: 2865 William Flinn Highway (Route 8), Slippery Rock, PA 16057
Phone: 724-738-4964
Email: oldstonehouse@sru.edu
Contact: Aaron Cowan, Ph.D.
Operates: Not offering tours at this time.
Mailing address: P.O. Box 586, Prospect, PA 16052-0586
Phone: 724-865-2181
Email: jmharm@zoominternet.net
Contact: Beth Miller, president
Meetings: 5:30 p.m. the third Monday of every month
Address: 147 N. Rebecca St., Saxonburg, PA 16056
Telephone: 724-352-1400, Option 3
Website: saxonburgpa.com/saxonburg-museum
Email: secretary@saxonburgpa.com
Contact: Steve May, borough manager
Facebook: Saxonburg Museum
Operates: Tours by appointment.
Mailing address: P.O. Box 511, Slippery Rock, PA 16057
Phone: 724-679-3628
Website: www.slipperyrockheritage.org
Email: suebarkley47@aol.com
Contact: Sue Barkley, vice president
Meetings: Third Monday of every month; call for location.
Address: 310 E. Grandview Ave., Zelienople, PA 16063
Telephone: 866-856-8444
Website: www.washingtonstrail.org
Contact: Experience Butler County, formerly the Butler County Tourism and Convention Bureau
Operates: Download a map and/or brochure for a driving tour.
Address: 243 S. Main St., Zelienople, PA 16063
Telephone: 724-452-9457
Website: www.zeliehistory.org
Email: zeliehistory@zoominternet.net
Facebook: Zelienople Historical Society
Office hours: 9 a.m. to noon weekdays
Operates: Passavant House, 243 S. Main St., Zelienople and Buhl House, 221 S. Main St., Zelienople, has tours available by appointment.