Graham Louer has put together a rather extensive compilation of 750 pre-1831 baptism and marriage records for Rees/Race in Eastern New York and a few in western Massachusetts. He extracted them primarily from publications of Arthur C.M. Kelly. There were 32 possible variations of the name (see below), although some spellings do not yet have a proven connection, especially the Ro- spellings. The webpage explains this more fully. RACE, RASE, RAS, RAES, RAUS, RAU REES, REESS, REESE, RESE, RES, REESEN, REESIN, REEZEN, REEST, REIS, REISS, REISIN, REUS, REUSE, REUSS, REYS RIES, RIESS, RICE ROES, ROEST, ROS, ROSE, ROSIN, ROOS, ROOSE http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/Misc/MI-Rees-Race.htm Cliff