Hi, Mom was a RASEY, so I submit the following tale. A cousin believes the monument mentioned is near Lake George. Regards, Jim Tyler Syracuse, NY jhtyler@juno.com FAMILY TRADITION STORY ABOUT FIRST RAZEY IN AMERICA as recorded by Sidney E. Rasey, Dayton, Ohio 1933 [Note: This is only Family Tradition; it has NOT been verified!!]. "According to our tradition, the progenitor of the Rasey family in America was Baron McLeod, who owned the Island of Raasay on the west coast of Scotland. When England annexed Scotland, Baron McLeod got in bad with the British government, and, to save himself, emigrated to America. He had a number of sons. Still being afraid of the British Government, he sent his sons out to different parts of the country, some of them under the name of McLeod, and some of them under the name of Rasey. ... Two or three years ago, a second cousin of mine, Wilbur Rasey of Willoughby, Ohio (near Cleveland) run onto a traveling man by the name of McLeod, who traced his ancestory back to the Baron McLeod, who emigrated from the Island of Raasay to America. Baron McLeod is buried in eastern New York near Lake Champlaign. There is a monument at his grave on which are carved his name and his Coat of Arms." The farthest back we can trace our Razey/Rasey family is to JOSEPH RAZEY, born about 1732; married Mary Hollen 06 May 1757 at Mendon, Mass; died prior to 1810 (death date for his wife). ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.