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What is Family Search?

What is Family Search?

NCRC supports searching families as follows.

1. Family Search Bulletin board

  • · Those who wish to search for their family can post their stories, photos, and personal information on this board. To improve the accuracy of personal information, posting can be corrected based on the data on ACMS(Adoption information Central Management System). If you see a post and think it is close to your story, please contact NCRC(02-6454-8695, 8702~8706).
  • * personal information: name before adoption, birthdate, adopted country, adoption agency, date of adoption.
  • · If a potential bulletin board posting match is found and the adoption information is verified with a high degree of consistency, we will counsel with. And we will check the family relationship accurately through genetic testing.
    Please refer to the bulletin board guidelines when writing a posting.

2. The publicity through the media

  • · You can publicize your stories through various media

The publicity through the media
Category Details
Yonhap News Through collaboration with Yonhap News, the story of the adoptee is posted on the website.
National Health Insurance Bill The story and photos of the adoptee is posted on the back of the National Health Insurance Bill, which is issued once a month.
Etc NCRC supports to publish adoptees’ stories and interviews at the request of various media press companies.

  • 1. You can apply for media search on our website. Please click this.
  • 2. Required documents: consent form for personal information collection and usage, copy of ID card, adoption story, file of adoption records, photos as adults and babies
  • ※ You can ask adoption records to adoption agency.

Contact
Adoption Agency Contact Number Mail Address
Holt 02-331-7020 pasc@holt.or.kr
KWS(Korea Welfare Services) 02-567-8891 swspas@kws.or.kr
KSS(Korea Social Services) 02-908-9191~2 kssinc@kssinc.org
ESWS(Eastern Social Welfare Society) 02-332-3941~5 postadoption@eastern.or.kr