Taiwan Genealogy

The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa [from Portuguese (Ilha) Formosa, meaning "beautiful (island)"], is located in East Asia off the coast of mainland China, southwest of the main islands of Japan but directly west of the end of Japan's Ryukyu Islands, and north-northwest of the Philippines. It is bound to the east by the Pacific Ocean, to the south by the South China Sea and the Luzon Strait, to the west by the Taiwan Strait and to the north by the East China Sea. The island is 394 kilometers (245 miles) long and 144 kilometers (89 miles) wide and consists of steep mountains covered by tropical and subtropical vegetation. Getting started with (Your Locality) research (Your text or images here.) (Jurisdictions in this locality, ie, "States," "Counties," etc.) (Your text or images here) Research Tools Taiwan GenWeb http://www.ibiblio.org/chinesehistory/contents/06dat/bio.5roc.html http://doc.geneanet.org/?lang=en http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/WhatsNewWWW/old-asian-news/half-life/asia-www-monitor-98-02a.html http://www.ntl.edu.tw/en/information.asp http://www.vpl.ca/ccg/Online_Resources.html Help Wanted (or other title) (For example, help wanted list of activities for your users) Featured Content Browse: Pages for Taiwan Research Guide: Taiwan Family History Sources (Additional Heading) (Your text or images here, or use the table below:) (Your Bullet) (Your Bullet) (Your Bullet) (Your Bullet) (Your Bullet) (Your Bullet) (All text below this is included in a column on the left side of the screen.) News (Your Bullets here) more... Topics (Your Bullets here) (Title) (Your Bullets here)