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Website News → Last Update: October 31, 2006

The Elia Family Project currently contains 234 articles. This section of the front page will detail the most significant changes.

• Transferred 3 biographies since the last update
• Photo Gallery - added Ocello, Modica, and other photo galleries
• Added a Guide To Reading These Pages
• Added a Guide To Editing Lineage Pages
• Transferred the November calendar from the old site

Quick Links

• See the calendar for October
• See all registered users
• See all created biographies
• See the newest pages
• See the To Do List and find out how you can help!

Featured Page Of October, 2025

Check out the article on the →Prinz Adelbert←, the steamship that carried Maria Elia to America.

Help Us!

This site is ever-growing, and you too can edit these pages! Here's what you need to know about contributing.

Please check out the Web Site To Do List to see what the most needed pages and edits are. You can also post your feedback and suggestions there to help make this site better!

Family Announcements

Here you can see the most-recently posted announcements - to post your own, click the word edit next to the Newest Entry heading. Put the newest announcemnt at the top of the list, delete the last announcement, and change the Newest Entry date. Please also post on the archived announcements page.

Newest Entry: October 29, 2006

• November 1, 2006. Frank Benedicto has been readmitted to the hospital, again as a result of dehydration.
• October 29, 2006. Frank Benedicto has returned home and is recovering.
• October 23, 2006. Frank Benedicto is in the hospital for dehydration; complications from chemotherapy treatment. It is expected he will be released in a couple of days.
• October 12, 2006. The family is growing! Diane and Mark Bartel, Anthony and Melanie Elia, and Kevin and Rebecca St. John are all expecting. Congratulations!
• October 12, 2006. David Patchin has accepted a new job in Cleveland, Ohio and he and the family have sold their house in Chicago.

Did You Know?

Rose Modica went to school until she was 14, and then began working at the Norwich Knitting Mill (an employer of many Elias). Because she was underage, her boss asked her to hide in the ladies restroom whenever the male inspectors came to look over the factory's operation.