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

Website: http://www.kahs.org/ Central California Korean Historical Society

Website: http://centralcakoreanhs.org/ Korean History Society 

Website: http://www.koreanhistory.org/english/?ckattempt=1

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/