How did you find out this stuff about your family, CC?
Ancestry.com?
Lots of inquiries to the INS, various state and local agencies in Detroit, Beloit Wisc, St Catherines Ontario and Buchovina Romania (which has been in Poland, Austria, The Ukraine and probably a couple other countries) . Things like ship manifests are handy. My grandfather’s sister brought a bunch of paperwork and letter when she came for the NASCAR race last week. (She’s 89 and still following the races)