Our Meeting Location
Our meetings are held in Moss Hall at the Moorings Presbyterian Church, 791 Harbour Drive at 7 pm on the second Tuesday of the month October through June.

NEXT GSCC MEETING TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2019
Program: The Veteran’s Oral History Program
Recording and Archiving first person accounts of historic events
Speaker: Austin Raabe, Retired Professor, Florida Gulf Coast University
Doors open at 6:30 p.m and meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. in Moss Hall, Moorings Presbyterian Church, 791 Harbour Drive. 

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Join, Renew Your Membership for 2019 or Donate Online
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Obituary Index Project
The Obituary Index Project  was completed by volunteers from Genealogical Society of Collier County.   The index contains over 59,000 entries of obituaries and death notices from Naples newspapers beginning in 1927 to January 2008, with a few years missing during WWII.  The project is now hosted by the GSCC in a searchable database on our website.  To find out more visit: http://thegscc.org/obit-search .

Family History Books Surname Database
The Family History Books Surname Database is now being hosted on our website.  Use our search form to find out if any of your surnames are mentioned in the family history books in the Genealogy Room at the Naples Regional Library, 650 Central Avenue.  Click here to find out more and begin your search.

Members Surname Database Online
Members of the Genealogical Society of Collier County have submitted their family surnames to our Surname Project, which is now a searchable online database.  Anyone may contact the submitter by clicking on the surname of interest. Members can also submit their surnames online for addition to the database.   CLICK HERE  to find out more.

FamilySearch Assistance  

The Fort Myers Regional Library is a FamilySearch Affiliate Library, which means that library patrons can access the microfilmed holdings of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.  The Fort Myers Regional Library Genealogy Room is located at 1651 Lee Street, Fort Myers, Florida.

Family History Center in Golden Gate 
4935 23rd Court SW
Naples, FL 34116

Open for genealogy research assistance:
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. – Wednesdays and
9:00 a.m. – Noon – Saturdays.
All other times by appointment with Kaaren Linton.
e-mail Kaaren at flalinton@gmail.com.

GSCC Library Display Case
The GSCC display case is located at the Naples Regional Library, 650 Central Avenue.
CLICK HERE to see a few pictures of the case on our Library Display page.

Library News
Visit the Genealogy Room in the reference area of the Naples Regional Library, 650 Central Avenue. Our volunteers are available to assist you, please refer to the Volunteer Schedule for their hours. CLICK HERE. The library has a subscription to HertiageQuest that can be accessed from the library or from home using your library card number. CLICK HERE to go directly to the library’s log in page. HeritageQuest Online has over 25,000 local history and family genealogy books, PERSI, and the United States Census, with an index to certain years.  Ancestry.com’s Library Subscription is available on the Genealogy Room computers.  Please sign in at the reference desk.

History of Incorporation and Non-Profit Status
On June 18, 2007 the Genealogical Society of Collier County filed articles of incorporation with the State of Florida as a non-profit corporation. The Genealogical Society of Collier County, Inc. is a federally recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit tax-exempt organization.

GSCC Donations
The Genealogical Society of Collier County donations to the Friends of the Library for enhancement of the Genealogy Special Collection at the Naples Regional Library currently totals $24,250.00, in addition to the books the society purchases and donates to the public library each year.

1995-2000 – $1,500
2001 – $5,000
2003 – $1,000
2004 – $1,000
2005 – $1,250
2006 – $1,000
2007 – $1,000
2008 – $1,000
2009 – $1,000
2010 – $1,000
2011 – $1,000
2012-  $1,000
2013-  $1,000
2014-  $1,000
2015-  $1,000
2016-  $1,000
2017-  $1,000
2018-  $1,000
2019-  $1,500