A question: does Islay have a "Gathering" like that of Mull and Tiree? Since I hope to be on Islay next year in May, what a lovely thing it would be to find such a celebration of Islay heritage! Also, what no one added in their definitions is the fact that "née" is the feminine form of the past participle of the French verb naître , "to be born." Diane Altona San Diego, California

Hi Diane There have been a number of 'Islay gatherings' world wide during the past few years but only one was actually held on Islay. You can see some of the highlights on Steve Gilchrist's website http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/data.htm Since you are planning to be in Islay in May, this website will be helpful http://www.islayfestival.org/ We've had the good fortune to attend 2 festivals and had a VERY good time in addition to researching roots and meeting great folks. Cheerio Sue Visser Ontario, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Altona" <daltona@san.rr.com> To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 6:15 PM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Re: SCT-ISLAY-D Digest V06 #78 A question: does Islay have a "Gathering" like that of Mull and Tiree? Since I hope to be on Islay next year in May, what a lovely thing it would be to find such a celebration of Islay heritage! Also, what no one added in their definitions is the fact that "née" is the feminine form of the past participle of the French verb naître , "to be born." Diane Altona San Diego, California ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== Click on this link for information on others researching the same families as you HTTP://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~tlarson/researchers/