Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26443838-20150806161533/@comment-4839682-20150807030812

In theory that website he used may have accessed sealed records using information he gave: Regina's name, his birthdate, etc. I mean, we don't know how much he knew about his adoption before hand. After finding Emma's name, it's not hard to track someone's address down.

However, we can also assume #Curse. The Curse was designed to be broken. Henry finding Emma and bringing her to town is essential to that.