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A fire corresponded to a household, not to a person. It is the distinction also explained in the notes of editions of the Parish Memories, as published by the Municipality of Ourém. The explanation of the term is general; the numbers of this story come from the memory of Passos.
The memory of Passos of 1758 counts 71 fireworks and 211 sacramental persons. They are categories of the parish register: they do not equal 71 inhabitants or a total population measured as in the current censuses. The source then places Passos in the term of Celorico of Basto. The same summary dedicates the matrix to St. Sebastian and indicates that the vicar was presented by the Abbot of St. Clement of Basto. Population and religious organization appear, thus side by side in the document.
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Municipality — Parish memories of Passos, 1758
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Municipality of Ourém — Freixianda Parish Memory (1758), note 4: Fires and households
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Editorial summary; the date of consultation is not the date of the facts.