I am posting this message to all South Wales and Welsh general mailing lists in the hope that it will be of interest? I should be pleased if you would forward it to anyone relevant you think I've missed. Also, my apologies to those on the Carmarthenshire list who have had a double dose of it all! This new CD is of a book called "Roots and Branches" that lists the main families of Llanddeusant (Carm) the adjacent parish of Llywel (Brec) during the 18th and 19th centuries. It gives the marriages, children, farm and other locations and much more. It was originally privately published by Mr T O Evans, now deceased, of Trecastell, and his family have agreed to allow the book to be put onto CD. As the book contains many, many families with marriages, deaths, baptisms of children, dozens of similar names, but no index, a CD with a search facility will make it so much more accessible. It is now available from http://www.archivecdbooks.org . You can follow the links to Latest Releases or just go direct to the Welsh pages where you will find the title under Breconshire .. by the time you read this it may have also been cross referenced under Carmarthenshire. I am pleased that the cost has been kept low, only £8.50 for overseas customers, £9.99 inc VAT for UK purchasers. Mr Evans, who wrote the book is sadly now deceased, but his widow is still alive, and should more than 100 CD's be sold, she will then start to receive a small royalty. This isn't much, but she and her children are just proud to see that Mr Evans lifetime's work is going to continue to be available to all. For your information, I don't have any financial interest in any of this myself. I am dealing with the Archive CD Books Project as part of my job. As an owner of a copy of the unindexed Roots and Branches and an avid Welsh family historian also, I thought that getting it put on CD would make it more accessible and user friendly, so I approached the project and then Mr Evans family and eventually it has all come together. Diolch yn Fawr Nina Jenkins London