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I research dead people to learn about living ones. Former tech association CEO, frequent speaker on #genealogy. Author of IMMIGRANT SECRETS, 70ish: LESSONS LEARNED, and WILL'S CHRISTMAS LIST - web site = https://www.searchformygrandparents.com/

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12.03.2026 10:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

70 is the new 60. Or maybe the new 80. Honestly, some days it's both. 70-ish: Lessons Learned is my third book β€” written as a gift to myself for my 70th birthday and, I hope, a gift to anyone who reads it.
#70ish #NewBook #Memoir #Essays #Books #BookLaunch #LessonsLearned #JohnMancini

10.03.2026 12:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Immigrant Secrets: The Search for My Grandparents Immigrant Secrets: The Search for My Grandparents [Mancini, John] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Immigrant Secrets: The Search for My Grandparents

My grandfather was committed to Rockland Asylum in 1932. My grandmother followed in 1938. Together they spent over 44,000 days institutionalized β€” and forgotten. www.amazon.com/Immigrant-Se...
#MentalHealthHistory #PsychiatricHistory #FamilySecrets #Memoir

06.03.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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70ish: Lessons Learned 70ish: Lessons Learned [Mancini, John] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. 70ish: Lessons Learned

Life is full of mistakes. Idiotic ones. Horrifying ones. It took me 70 years, but I've finally figured it out: own it, apologize, try to do better β€” and laugh. That's basically my whole book. πŸ˜‚ 70-ish: Lessons Learned: www.amazon.com/70ish-Lesson... #Aging #Wisdom #Humor #LifeAdvice #Books

03.03.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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70ish: Lessons Learned 70ish: Lessons Learned [Mancini, John] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. 70ish: Lessons Learned

When my dad died at 62, I was 32 and realized I barely knew him as a person β€” not just as my father. That realization shaped this book. For my kids. For my grandkids. Get it here: www.amazon.com/70ish-Lesson...
#FamilyHistory #Memoir

01.03.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Immigrant Secrets: The Search for My Grandparents Immigrant Secrets: The Search for My Grandparents [Mancini, John] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Immigrant Secrets: The Search for My Grandparents

Imagine stepping off a ship at Ellis Island, clutching a numbered card, desperately trying not to falter on the stairs β€” This is how my grandmother Elisabetta arrived in America. Her story is one you won't forget. β†’ www.amazon.com/Immigrant-Se... #EllisIsland #ItalianAmerican #ImmigrantStory

01.03.2026 13:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My Birthday Pals β€” Immigrant Secrets A reflection on some of my Jan 17 shared birthday pals.

#genealogy - When my father was almost 13, he stood in the 6th-floor window of their tenement apartment, not far from the Flatiron Building, promising to jump if his mother did not go along with the demands of the police.

My Birthday Pals β€” Immigrant Secrets share.google/Q83680PRAFkE...

20.01.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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An Anatomy of the MAGA Mind Under Trump, post-liberal intellectuals have abandoned tradition for radicalism and scholarship for vulgarity.

We keep acting like this is some extension of the traditional #GOP, albeit in more aggressive form. It is so much more than that. The reason #trump is acting like he is not afraid of the midterms is that he doesn't plan to have free elections -

www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...

15.01.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly.

10.01.2026 00:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MAGA-ism Ain’t Reagan-ism Stop Thinking What's Going on is "Conservative"

Reagan Republicans - you are being gaslit.

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10.01.2026 00:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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70ish: Lessons Learned (@johnmancini954469) This is the first of a series of Excerpts from Immigrant Secrets, the story of how I solved the mystery of my lost grandparents. It would make a great holiday gift for someone who is interested in #hi...

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30.12.2025 19:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mothers and Daughters β€” Immigrant Secrets It’s been ten years since the passing of my sweet mother-in-law, Nancy Sowers Mutter. Nancy was a truly kind soul. Even the rising dementia in her later years -- β€œDid you talk to my mother today?” (He...

#genealogy - www.searchformygrandparents.com/home/mothers...

09.12.2025 13:23 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mothers and Daughters β€” Immigrant Secrets It’s been ten years since the passing of my sweet mother-in-law, Nancy Sowers Mutter. Nancy was a truly kind soul. Even the rising dementia in her later years -- β€œDid you talk to my mother today?” (He...

#genealogy - www.searchformygrandparents.com/home/mothers...

09.12.2025 13:23 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is such a good book!

29.11.2025 20:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How neat, what an interesting connection! I went out & bought the entire Boardwalk Empire series when I learned a character of US Marshal from Philly was on the show - which would have been based on my great grandfather. #genealogy #prohibition #usmarshal

29.11.2025 21:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Immigrant Secrets - Prologue β€” Immigrant Secrets This is the first of a series of excerpts from Immigrant Secrets, a real life #familyhistory mystery. Enjoy. #genealogy

This is the first of a series of Excerpts from Immigrant Secrets, the story of how I solved the mystery of my lost grandparents. It would make a great holiday gift for someone who is interested in #history or #genealogy or #familyhistory

www.searchformygrandparents.com/home/immigra...

29.11.2025 19:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

@nc_governor and @roycoopernc - I admire you both and have voted for you. But you both need to be more visible in resisting the takeover of Charlotte. These are our friends and neighbors. @ncdemocrats @youngdemsnc @aclu_nc @jacobsoboroff

18.11.2025 00:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œHousing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938

zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context

14.11.2025 02:16 πŸ‘ 7995 πŸ” 3209 πŸ’¬ 250 πŸ“Œ 117
Immigrant Secrets -- with Author John Mancini
Immigrant Secrets -- with Author John Mancini YouTube video by Black Sheep Family History

If you haven't seen the Black Sheep Family History podcast from Janet Hall Werner, check it out! #genealogy
youtu.be/jWwP-3mjCXg?...

06.11.2025 02:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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An early 1900s Cagney and Lacey β€” Immigrant Secrets Turns out my son-in-law is connected through his G-G-Grandmother, a Cagney and Lacey character in her time, to the longest serving mayor of Jersey City, a machine politics guy who was a character on B...

#genealogy - Turns out my son-in-law is connected through his G-G-Grandmother, a Cagney and Lacey character in her time, to the longest serving mayor of Jersey City, a machine politics guy who was a character on Boardwalk Empire.
www.searchformygrandparents.com/home/an-earl...

03.11.2025 20:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Heartbreak of a Disappearing Beach Yes, that's our street

What is happening on the Outer Banks of NC is heartbreaking. #outerbanks #buxton

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01.11.2025 14:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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30.10.2025 20:25 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success

30.10.2025 12:39 πŸ‘ 10743 πŸ” 3052 πŸ’¬ 484 πŸ“Œ 167
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The Heartbreak of a Disappearing Beach Yes, that's our street

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30.10.2025 12:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Such inspiring Christian compassion.

26.10.2025 23:00 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I tell you, one dude who should be fired, but won't, is Brian Kilmeade. Here's how he would solve the homeless problem - "involuntary lethal injection, just kill them." That's not hyperbole, that is a direct quote. @foxnews.com.web.brid.gy

13.09.2025 17:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Journal: A Reflection for My Children on the First Anniversary of 9/11 Amazon.com: The Journal: A Reflection for My Children on the First Anniversary of 9/11 eBook : Mancini, John: Kindle Store

I wrote this 23 years ago for my kids on the first anniversary of 9-11. It's free tomorrow (9-11). Had just started an AIIM International board meeting in Tysons Corner that day. Will never forget the intensity of that blue sky.

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10.09.2025 12:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Journal: A Reflection for My Children on the First Anniversary of 9/11 Amazon.com: The Journal: A Reflection for My Children on the First Anniversary of 9/11 eBook : Mancini, John: Kindle Store

I wrote this 23 years ago for my kids on the first anniversary of 9-11. It's free tomorrow (9-11). Had just started an AIIM International board meeting in Tysons Corner that day. Will never forget the intensity of that blue sky.

a.co/d/77z7EYc

10.09.2025 12:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Epstein Letter Is Real, and It’s Bad The president’s initial strategy of denying that the document exists leaves him with few options now that it has been made public.

Just FYI
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

09.09.2025 11:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If the informant tale is true, you don't become an FBI snitch unless they have something on you.

06.09.2025 13:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0