Korea, Local History, 655-1935
A collection of local history from Korea. This collection is being published as images become available.
Korea, Local History
Source: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Korea,_Local_History_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records
What is in This Collection?
This is a collection of local histories/town records from Korea. The records are written in the Korean language using Chinese hanja characters. This collection will be published as images become available.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
Reading These Records
These records are in Korean, written using Chinese hanja characters. For help reading the records, see the following resources:
General Information:
Reading Hangul: (Korean letters)
Reading Hanja: (Chinese characters)
- FamilySearch Video Tutorials (for Korean speakers
- Background on HanJa Characters
- Translating Hanja and Hangul
To Browse This Collection
| You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Korea, Local History. |
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
Town Records
- Family Name
- Province
- City
- Town/village
- Year of record
Collection Content
Sample Image
Sample Image
Collection Details
Language
Korean
Location of Original Records
국립중앙도서관 [National Library of Korea, Seoul]
"한국 지역 역사, 655-1935." Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2026. Citing 국립중앙도서관 [National Library of Korea, Seoul].
