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''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Pennsylvania Genealogy|Pennsylvania]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Pennsylvania_Historical_Geography|Historical Geography]]'' {{Adoption PARoots}} | ''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Pennsylvania Genealogy|Pennsylvania]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Pennsylvania_Historical_Geography|Historical Geography]]'' {{Adoption PARoots}} | ||
[[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] went through a complicated process before the present state boundaries were defined. British Crown grants to several individuals which were conflicting which resulted in much confusion and serious boundary disputes. | [[Pennsylvania Genealogy|Pennsylvania]] went through a complicated process before the present state boundaries were defined. British Crown grants to several individuals which were conflicting which resulted in much confusion and serious boundary disputes. | ||
A brief but helpful account of these disputes is William A. Russ Jr., ''How Pennsylvania Acquired its Present Boundaries, Pennsylvania History Studies, no. 8''(University Park, PA.; Pennsylvania Historical Association, 1966. {{FHL|214138|item|disp=FHL book 974.8 A1 no. 19}}. | A brief but helpful account of these disputes is William A. Russ Jr., ''How Pennsylvania Acquired its Present Boundaries, Pennsylvania History Studies, no. 8''(University Park, PA.; Pennsylvania Historical Association, 1966. {{FHL|214138|item|disp=FHL book 974.8 A1 no. 19}}. | ||