Donald Bell to Address Islay History

Donald Bell, Islay resident, will be in North Carolina and address the history of Islay during the annual Charles Bascombe Shaw Memorial Scottish Heritage Symposium, which will be held in the weekend of March 28-30 on the St. Andrews Presbyterian College campus in Laurinburg.

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This event, now in its 18th year, will feature scholars from Scotland and the United States. All interested are invited to attend. "Since its inception in 1989, the symposium has provided a forum for those interested in Scottish history, culture, and genealogy to learn from top scholars in their fields," said Bill Caudill, director of the Scottish Heritage Center. "This year's symposium will feature two visiting Scottish scholars and two Americans."

Also coming from Scotland for the event is Donald Bell, a native of the Island of Islay. Bell is former chairman of the Finlaggan Trust, a preservation project for the ancestral lands of the Lords of the Isles in Islay. He will address the past 600 years of his native island's history. "As Islay was the home of many emigrants who settled in the Carolinas, Mr. Bell's presentation will no doubt be of interest to those who descend from Islay families."