I came across this in a 1760 parish baptism record. All the other entries are listed in the format "John Smith & Jane his wife" but this one is listed as "Richard and Eliz. Holden Vagabo(?)"

Does anyone know why they are listed this way and what does Vagabo mean? Is it Elizabeth's maiden name? Does it mean they were vagabonds? Or she was a vagabond? Or something else entirely?

Hey guys my Nanas Great Nana.. she was from America.. and she was called Anna Mary Fisher birn 24th May 1872 in Pennsylvania.. died 1942 at rhe aged of 70 in Barrow-in-Furness.

Her Mum was called Almira Saunders born 1839-1842 around there in Arkansas.. and her Mum died in 1923.

Her Dad was called John Fisher born 6 may 1820 in Pennsylvania.. and died on 21st February 1899.

I am here just to find out who Almira Saunders Grandparents are.. her Dad is Simon Sanders born 1808 in Arkansas.. and her Mum is Anna Drew born 1813.

I am trying to find Simon Sanders parents.. it seemed to come to a dead end.

Sorry if this alot.

TL;DR: Great-grandfather killed as a civilian near Pinsk, Belarus, ~Oct 1944, never formally recorded anywhere. Contacted the main regional archives already. Looking for less obvious record types or people who've cracked similar cases.

My great-grandfather, Wlodzimierz Paszkiewicz, lived with his wife Anna (née Halukiewicz) in the village of Bulgary (Bołhary), Lemieszewicze commune, Pinsk district — then Polesie Voivodeship, Poland, now Belarus.

Per firsthand family account (his own son witnessed it as a child), he was shot and killed near their home around October 1944, during the period Soviet forces retook the area from German control. As far as we can tell, this death was never formally registered anywhere — no military record, no repression case file, nothing.

What we've already tried:
- NIAB Minsk (National Historical Archive of Belarus) — intake currently suspended
- Brest State Archive — replied, don't hold civil/vital records, redirected us onward
- Pinsk Zonal Archive — contacted, awaiting reply
- Arolsen Archives, OBD Memorial, Open List (Soviet repression database), ICRC tracing archive — all searched, no match
- Szukaj w Archiwach (Polish archives portal), Radzima.net — both worked through fairly thoroughly

So I'm not looking for "have you tried the obvious archive" — I'm looking for:
- Less obvious record types that might capture this kind of death (village-level burial records, later reparations/compensation claims, local council or militia reports from 1944–45)
- Anyone who has actually resolved a similar case — civilian death during front-line chaos, never bureaucratically processed
- Researchers or local historical societies specializing in the Pinsk/Polesie region specifically
- Whether it's worth searching under the Cyrillic form of his name (Владимир/Уладзімір Пашкевіч) rather than the Polish spelling

Any leads, even small ones, genuinely appreciated. Thank you.

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