Bure kinship

The Bure kinship (Swedish: Bureätten) is a Scandinavian kinship, centered in the Skellefteå area, today's Bureå in Northern Sweden.

The claims about the kinship are based on a Bure family genealogy written in the beginning of the 17th century by Johannes Bureus, in his manuscript Om Bura namn och ätt. In his genealogy Bureus included all the family ancestors and descendants, whether male or female and regardless of what social standing or legitimacy each family member might have represented, thus making it possible for many modern-day families to trace their ancestry back to the Bure kinship. Many of the claims made in the genealogy have, however, long since been proven to be based on misread/misinterpreted texts on runestones in central Sweden, and many have been proven to be pure myths, not supported by any historical documents.

The manuscript, Om Bura namn och ätt, is located at Riksarkivet ("State Archives") and two younger copies at the Uppsala University Library (numbers X36 and X37).

The history of the Bure kinship is complemented by the studies of Nils Burman (1705–1750), who wrote about the Bure family history until the middle of the 18th century. Some Bure family lines and individuals have acquired the names , Burman and Burensköld. Some Bure family lines - as well as individuals from other family lines - are noble.

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