2024 Story/Photo Contest
Share your story of your Belgian ancestors through photos, letters, postcards and other historical documents. Each quarter, BHC will focus on a different topic. Contest entries should tell a story about Belgian ancestors along with a historical document. Each quarterly winner will receive a $50 BHC gift certificate. There will be different topic for each quarter, but enter any time for any topic:
Quarter 1 (due Mar 31) - Traditions
Quarter 2 (due Jun 30) - Characters
Quarter 3 (due Sep 30)- Homesteads
Quarter 4 (due Dec 31) - Open/Historical Accounts
Quarter 1 details: What traditions can you share from your Belgian ancestors? Think about things like: special foods they made on holidays, the ways they harvested crops, special gifts given, how they dressed, games they played, drinks they brewed, methods of travel, where/how they prayed, songs they sang, how they named their children, etc.
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