Paçram, Albania

[4] Paçram (Pocerami) is then recorded in 1641 by the Bishop of Sapë, Frang Bardhi, in a report on Zadrima.

In his report, the village is listed as among the settlements belonging to the parish of Saint Pantaleon of Maba - where the locals travelled to in order to receive their sacraments.

[5] According to local oral traditions recorded by Dom Gaspër Gurakuqi (1885-1967) in the 20th century, Paçram was originally inhabited by Albanian Catholics, however, as a result of various outbreaks of the plague in the region, the village was left uninhabited and abandoned.

According to Gurakuqi, these families all descended from a single patrilineal ancestor who had arrived from Gusinje in eastern Montenegro and bore the surname Çelaj, his brother settling in neighbouring Bushat.

[7] As a result of migrations towards the urban centres of northern Albania such as Shkodra during the second half of the 20th century, the local Muslims of Paçram abandoned the village.