This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026.

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, executive director

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: 412 Firefly Drive, Cranberry Township, 16066

Phone: 724-991-8938

Website: NSCAR.org

Email: cyndyb32@gmail.com

Contact: Cynthia Sweeney

Membership is for children from birth to age 22 whose lineage can be traced to a participant in the American Revolution. Meetings vary according to availability.

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: Dean Zinkhann

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

National website: DAR.org for information on joining

Email: sstacy155@zoominternet.net

Contact: Stacy Stoughton, chapter regent

Meetings: Regular meetings are the first or second Saturday of each month from September through June at First English Lutheran Church, Butler. June and September meetings are luncheons. They do not meet in January, February, July and August. The Christmas Tea is in December.

Address: Hampton Township Community Center, 1301 McCully Road, Allison Park

Telephone: 412-760-9476 (club president)

Website: GRPGHCWRT.com

Email: rfellers115@icloud.com

Contact: Richard Fellers, club president

Meeting: Meetings are every third Monday at 7 p.m.. Meetings are free and open to the public, each featuring a speaker.

Address: 218 Mercer St., Harmony, PA 16037

Phone: 724-452-7341

Website: harmonymuseum.org

Email: hmuseum@zoominternet.net

Contact: Denise Rodgers, 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: Linda Loewer, 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: Friendsofthesaxonburgmuseum@Gmail.com

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.