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Website News → Last Update: November 18, 2006

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

• Created the Recipe Book
• Added 4 recipes from the 2004 Elia Recipe Book
• Created a help page for adding recipes to the site
• Transferred 3 biographies since the last update

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: November 16, 2006

• November 16, 2006. Jason Majewski is planning to send out a mailing shortly to determine interest in a 2007 Elia family reunion. Details coming soon.
• November 12, 2006. Calling hours for Frank Benedicto are Tuesday, November 14, 5-7 at Wilson Funeral Home, 68 S. Broad St., Norwich NY. Funeral mass is Wednesday at 10:30am at St. Bartholomew's Church, 8 Silver St., Norwich, NY.
• November 12, 2006. Sad news to report. Frank Benedicto passed away this morning of liver failure at the Vet's Home in Oxford. He had been admitted for rehabilitation to begin walking again after exhausting chemotherapy. He saw many family and friends in his final days, including his great grandson. He was a wonderful man and will be deeply missed by so many.
• 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.

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.