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Website News → Last Update: October 24, 2006

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

• Transferred 5 biographies since the last update
• Created several Ocello branch photo albums in our new Photo Gallery
• Got some edits and additions from Michele, Angnjim, and Jsm1024 - thanks!
• The Angelo and Tony Elia Lineages were updated to reflect recent marriages and births
• 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 biography of →Maria and Nicola Elia←.

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 23, 2006

• 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.
• October 6, 2006. The editthis.info version of the Elia Family Project was begun.
• July 19, 2006. 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.

Did You Know?

Having named her first daughter after her mother Angela, and her second daughter after her father Michele, Marie Barbarossa resorted to thumbing through movie magazines as she looked forward to another daughter. Movie star Debra Padget's name struck her as pretty - and thus Debra Barbarossa (Dorward) was named.