Tag Archives: Butler County Courthouse
How my genealogy journey began – Part Two (Lost Boys)
Let me assure you that when the everyday, average person shows up at the records department of the county courthouse, they are NOT met by the head of the history department of the local university, who has prepared a scroll documenting 17 generations of family members.
Postcards from the past: Charlotte Venita Merriman
It’s sad to think that, 100 years from now, our descendants won’t experience the thrill of reading a letter or postcard from the early 21st Century.
Hannah Ellen Frantz and ‘The Mysterious Mr. Merriman’
I met Hannah Ellen Frantz last June in the Vital Records department of the Butler County Courthouse in Butler, Pa. and I haven’t been able to get her out of my thoughts since.
Everyday Discoveries 