[KS] FW: Contact information

[Hyokyoung Yi]

Dear Koreanists,

 

Would anyone look at the images of old Korean scrolls (see attachments) to
uncover ancestor information for Paek family?  Mr. Tim Baek is looking for
help getting more information through his family collection.  Please send
any information to paekfamily at yahoo.com.

 

Thank you for your help.

 

Hyokyoung Yi

Korean Studies Librarian

University of Washington

  

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Paek [mailto:timpaek at microsoft.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 1:40 PM
To: Hyokyoung Yi
Subject: RE: Contact information

 

Hi Hyokyoung,

 

Thanks for finding out about preserving our family scrolls.  I will
definitely have to call Alice Bear. 

 

I spoke with my parents and found out a little bit more about the background
of these documents.  These scrolls are most likely over 100 years old, as
they were my grandmother's great, great grandfather's certificates.
Apparently, the highest position he ever held was jung-eep-oom, which
unfortunately is missing from our collection - my grandmother gave that and
a few other scrolls to her sister to sell for food during the War.  My
grandmother heroically held on to these scrolls through all kinds of bad
weather as a refugee from Seoul during the War.  That is why some of the
scrolls have water marks on them.  She refused to sell any herself, and
carried them with her even to the United States.

 

Here are some pictures:

 

TopScrollWithSealCover shows the scroll that is on top when you unravel
them.

TopScrollWithSealUncovered shows the top scroll with the cover on the seal
lifted.

TopScrollSealCloseUp shows a close up of the king's seal.

TopScrollBackSignature shows the signature that is on the back of the scroll
- probably the name of the calligrapher.

 

I have higher resolution versions of these and a few others if you would
like to see them.  The only thing I could read from the scroll is the
character for "Paek" or "White" since I know that is how my last name is
written.

 

If you know of someone who could read and interpret the images I sent, I
would greatly appreciate it.  Please feel free to forward them to an expert.
In particular, I would like to know:

 

1)       Who is my ancestor?

2)       What position is this certificate for?  And what role did he have
in government?

3)       Whose seal is on the scroll?

4)       How old is the scroll?

 

I would also be interested in appraising the scrolls, though my first
concern is preserving them.

 

Thanks so much for all of your assistance.

Sincerely,

Tim Paek

 

 

 

 

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