This is a website intended for the uploading of photos, facts, writings by or about members and relatives of an Australian Byrnes family formed by the union of English convict Ann Reffin (Ralphin) who was born at Walton on The Wolds and Irishman David Burns/Byrnes who was shipped to the penal colony following the 1798 uprising and whose birthplace or family in Ireland has not been traced.

The principal file so far uploaded here is the book by Sharon Hindmarsh "The Castlereagh Connection" - right mouse click the following link to download it (9.1 Mb):

 http://byrnesshare.zoomshare.com/files/The_Castlereagh_Connection.pdf