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Welcome to the Elia Family Project. In conjunction with the Elia Family Reunion of 2001, which was a great success, the Elia Family Project is a website designed to help keep the Elia family as tightly knit as it was when Maria and Nicola first immigrated to the United States from Sicily. The website, like the reunions, celebrates the 8 families descended from Maria and Nicola.
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[[Archived announcements|Announcements]] | [[Family Tree]] | [[Special:Newimages|Photo Gallery]] | [[:Category:Important Dates|Calendar]] | [[Reunions]]
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Welcome to the '''Elia Family Project'''. In conjunction with the Elia Family Reunion of 2001, which was a great success, the Elia Family Project was designed to help keep the Elia family as tightly knit as it was when Maria and Nicola first immigrated to the United States from Sicily. The website celebrates the [[Family Tree|8 families]] descended from [[Maria and Nicola Elia|Maria and Nicola]].
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'''[[Family Tree]]'''<sup>[[:Category:Biography|Bio List]]</sup> | '''[[:Category:Important Dates|Calendar]]'''<sup>[[{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}|{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}]]</sup> | '''[[:Category:Reunion|Reunions]]'''<sup>[[2007 Reunion|2007]]</sup> | '''[[:Category:Recipes|Recipe Book]]''' | '''[[Special:Newpages|Newest Pages]]''' | '''[[Photo Gallery]]'''
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== Website News ==
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[http://onlythankgod.com/profile/JustinLopez http://onlythankgod.com/profile/JustinLopez] [http://myrecipeforum.com/topic.php?id=1039&replies=1 http://myrecipeforum.com/topic.php?id=1039&replies=1] [http://bugs.creditusage.matthewwardrop.info/index.fcgi/ticket/114#trac-add-comment http://bugs.creditusage.matthewwardrop.info/index.fcgi/ticket/114#trac-add-comment] =-=
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Welcome to the new Elia Family Project website.  This website is a 'wiki', which means anyone can contribute editing and creating pages.  (Learn how [[contributing|to contribute]].)  This section of the front page will detail the most significant changes.  You can also see a list of [[Special:Recentchanges|all changes]].
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== Website News &rarr; Last Update: August 3, 2007 ==
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* Articles are slowly being copied over from the old site
 
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* The [[:Category:Calendar|calendar]] pages have been created
 
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* Help pages have been created: [[Contributing]], [[Help:Contents]], [[Help:Editing]]
 
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* All of the lineage pages are online (see [[:Category:Lineage]])
 
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== Featured Page Of [[October]], [[2006]] ==
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The Elia Family Project currently contains '''[[Special:Allpages|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]]''' articles. This section of the front page will detail the most significant changes.
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Check out the biography of [[Maria and Nicolo Elia|Maria and Nicola Elia]].
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* Updates to the [[Anna Bartel]] and [[Diane Bartel]] bios courtesy of Diane.
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* Coming soon: photos moved from Yahoo to Shutterfly
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== Help Us! ==
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* Added a summary of the 2007 Reunion (see Featured Page)
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* Adjusted [[2007 reunion list of attendees]] following reunion
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*''Most desired new page:'' [[Charlie Elia|Charlie Elia's biography]].
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*''Most needed edits:'' Check all dates in bios to see if they are on the appropriate [[:Category:Calendar|calendar]] page.
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*''Most linked-to empty pages:'' [[Special:Wantedpages|See complete list]].
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== Family Announcements ==
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== Featured Page Of [[{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}]], [[{{CURRENTYEAR}}]] ==
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Here you can see the five most-recently posted announcements - to post your own, click the word edit next to the Newest Entry headingPut the newest announcemnt at the top of the list, delete the last announcement, and change the Newest Entry datePlease also post on the [[archived announcements]] page.
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This month's featured page is the [[Special:Newpages|'''&rarr;''the list of new pages''&larr;''']]Using the menu above, you can always get to the New Pages list to see what new articles have been createdCheck out the Help section below to learn how to add a page to our site!
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=== Newest Entry: October 6, 2006 ===
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*'''October 6, 2006.''' The editthis.info version of the Elia Family Project was begun.
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== ''Did You Know?'' ==
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*'''July 19, 2006.''' [[Ian Erskine|Ian John Erskine]] was born to Andrea and Larry Erskine.  He was 8 pounds, 10.5 ounces, and 22 inches.  Mom and baby are doing great.
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*'''June 6, 2006.''' On Monday morning, June 6, [[Marie Barbarossa|Ralph Barbarossa]] died of kidney failure. What always amazed me about Grandpa was that he seemed to know everyone in town. Norwich will miss him, and so will we.
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*'''May 28, 2005.''' [[Benjamin St. John|Benjamin James St. John]] was born to Kevin and Rebecca St. John at 3:21 am on May 28 in Madison, Wisconsin. Benjamin was 7lbs, 12oz, 19.5 inches and mom and baby are doing great.
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*'''February 7, 2005.''' [[Charlie Elia]] passed away. Uncle Charlie lived a long and full life, but he still seems to have been taken from us far too soon. He was in good spirits and in fairly good health at the 2004 Reunion in Norwich, and his mind was sharp even at the end. He was the patriarch of the largest branch of the Elia family tree; our hearts go out to Nick and Ann, Mary Jean and Irm, Charles and Judith, and Theresa and John. Uncle Charlie will be missed by the whole Elia family.
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The Elia family has seen an increase of 15 family members since the 2007 reunion. Nine children, 5 girls and 4 boys, including two sets of twins were born. There were 6 marriages. We lost 4 members, including the last two spouses of two of the original eight, Aunt Dorothy and Aunt Katie. As of 2010 there are 180 living members of the Elia family. We will meet this July 17th in Canandaigua for the 2010 reunion.
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== External Links ==
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== Help Us! ==
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[http://www.geocities.com/eliafamily The Elia Family Project] - The original Geocities site<br>
 
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia] - The Wikipedia online encyclopedia<br>
 
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[http://www.editthis.info/wiki/Main_Page Editthis.info] - The site hosting these pages<br>
 
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[http://eliafamily.netcipia.net/xwiki/bin/view/Main/ Netcipia] - Another site I'm considering<br>
 
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This site is ever-growing, and '''you too can edit these pages'''! Here's what you need to know about '''[[Help:Contributing|contributing]]'''.
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Here's what to do to help:
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*[[Eliafamily:Community Portal|Web Site To Do List]] - the most needed pages and edits
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*[[Eliafamily_talk:Community_Portal|Community Blog]] -  post your feedback and suggestions
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*[[Help:Contents|Help Page]] - the main help page, with tips on reading and editing
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*[[Special:Wantedpages|Most Wanted Pages]] - a list of the most-needed pages based on number of links
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*[[:Category:Biography stubs|Biography Stubs]] - add to a just-begun biography
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Current revision as of 19:45, 12 August 2012


Welcome to the Elia Family Project. In conjunction with the Elia Family Reunion of 2001, which was a great success, the Elia Family Project was designed to help keep the Elia family as tightly knit as it was when Maria and Nicola first immigrated to the United States from Sicily. The website celebrates the 8 families descended from Maria and Nicola.


Family TreeBio List | CalendarOctober | Reunions2007 | Recipe Book | Newest Pages | Photo Gallery

http://onlythankgod.com/profile/JustinLopez http://myrecipeforum.com/topic.php?id=1039&replies=1 http://bugs.creditusage.matthewwardrop.info/index.fcgi/ticket/114#trac-add-comment =-=

Website News → Last Update: August 3, 2007

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

Featured Page Of October, 2025

This month's featured page is the the list of new pages. Using the menu above, you can always get to the New Pages list to see what new articles have been created. Check out the Help section below to learn how to add a page to our site!


Did You Know?

The Elia family has seen an increase of 15 family members since the 2007 reunion. Nine children, 5 girls and 4 boys, including two sets of twins were born. There were 6 marriages. We lost 4 members, including the last two spouses of two of the original eight, Aunt Dorothy and Aunt Katie. As of 2010 there are 180 living members of the Elia family. We will meet this July 17th in Canandaigua for the 2010 reunion.

Help Us!

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

Here's what to do to help:

These pages can be easily edited by any registered user! Please contribute your knowledge, or link to this site to help it grow.



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