South Korea Societies

Korea has a few societies and organizations that may have information of value to your genealogical research. There are also some societies in the country of origin of your ancestor. You may find it helpful to join one of these societies to gain information and knowledge about the area your ancestor came from, as well as access to their publications.

Genealogical Societies
Korean Genealogy group

Website: http://koreangenealogy.org/  Ancestry.com has Message Boards for South Korea.

Website: https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.asia.southkorea/mb.ashx WorldGenWeb has mailing lists for South Korea.

Link: https://www.worldgenweb.net/south-korea/ Rootsweb also has mailing lists for South Korea.

Link: https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/

Historical Societies
Korean American Historical Society Address: C/O Wing Luke Museum, 719 So King St Seattle, Washington Telephone: 253-235-9393 Email: kahsinfo@kahs.org Website: http://www.kahs.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KoreanAmericanHistory/ Central California Korean Historical Society Address: Central CA Korean Historical Society 3111 W. Sample Ave Fresno, CA 93711 Telephone: 559.917.7153 Website: http://centralcakoreanhs.org/ Korean History Society  Address: (04182) Hyundai 1-Cha Apt. arcade No.213, Saechang-ro 52, Mapo-gu, Seoul South Korea Telephone: (02) 586 4854 Email: okh1988@koreanhistory.org Website: http://www.koreanhistory.org/english/?ckattempt=1 Seoul Museum of History provides much relevant historical background information. Address: 55 Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu Seoul 03177, Korea Telephone: +82 2-7240-2746 Email: seoul_museum@seoul.go.kr Website: https://museum.seoul.go.kr/www/NR_index.do?sso=ok National Museum of Korean History Address: 03141 198, Sejong-daero Jongno-gu, Seoul South Korea Telephone: +82 2-3703-9200 Website: http://www.much.go.kr/

Other Societies
University of Hawaii Center for Korean Studies Website: http://www.hawaii.edu/korea Korean Studies Website: https://koreanstudies.com/9_koream.html Committee on Korean Materials (CKM) Major Korean Collections The HAN WORLD Korean residents in Japan Ansan Migrant Shelter Website: http://www.migrant.or.kr/