[KS] Looking for an old house in Noryangjin, Seoul

[Stefan Ewing]

Dear KS list members:

A lady has contacted me asking to locate a house in Seoul that her great 
grandparents lived in, and if possible take a picture of it.  As I live in 
Canada, there's not much I can do for her.  I've attached her email (minus 
personal information) below.  A few notes:

1) She sent along an old photo of the house, available through this link: 
http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=3ca0x3uS7Dtn2m2QPhNf1jQmK8LudAokAkSvv4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D

2) In the address she's provided, Roryoshin appears to be the Japanese name 
for Noryangjin (http://www.fallingrain.com/world/KS/11/Noryangjindong.html).

3) Dr. Cwiertka asked this question back in April (which is how this lady 
found out about the Army Map Service's 1946 map of Seoul, I guess), but can 
anyone think of any additional Japanese-era maps of Seoul, beyond those 
mentioned in the spring?  (The thread starts here: 
http://koreaweb.ws/pipermail/koreanstudies_koreaweb.ws/2006-April/005530.html)

How might she match the address of her great grandparents' house to a 
modern-day address?  Are there archives anywhere storing property records 
from the colonial era?

Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks,
Stefan Ewing

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Dear Stefan,

Thank you for posting the Keijo map from Texas University.  We went to the 
genealogical library in Salt Lake City looking for a map and so far this one 
has been the best.  Do you know where I can find a more detailed map of 
Keijo (a map with street names in Japanese or romanized English)?

My great grandparents use to live in 205 Roryoshin, Eitohoku, Seoul.  I am 
looking for their old house.  I also posted a picture of there house just in 
case anyone happens to be in the neighborhood.  If you do see it, could you 
take a snapshot of the house for me?

Sincerely,
Esther ...

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