I was wondering if there were men who had more than one wife (polygamy) in the early to middle 1700's in Bohemia, or concubines?  (I understand in Germany there was polygamy at one time because of the lack of men, so many having been killed in wars.) I have 18 children born to an Anton Utschig, with the wife as being Anna Catharina.  I found one marriage (Oct 1728 to Anna Catharina Pichl/Büchl), but cannot find the other marriage, if there were two separate marriages.  Or he had a woman on the side, also named Anna Catharina who born him many children. There were three children born to an Anton and Anna Catharina before the 1728 marriage I found.  This is important to me because my 3rd great grandfather belonged to one of the Anton's and Anna Catharina's. These early records do not tell you much--no occupations listed like in the later records.  No haus numbers, no names of parents.  Two children born 3 months apart, another two, 7 months apart.  The rest of the children are spaced out so that they could belong to either Anna Catharina. I have also looked to see if there was a death for the first Anna Catharina but could not find one. Yet the children mentioned above who were 3 and 7 months apart were in 1729 (Aug and November) and the other in 1739 (Apr and November) (with lots of children in between).  So my theory on the death of an Anna doesn't hold up. Too many children born in between 1729 and 1739. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. I hope this makes sense. Mary