This type of information is very hard to come by, as there was no formal requirement to keep records, with no organised government structure to make or enforce any rules. The only suggestion I have for you is to try approaching the catholic church, especially the Jesuit order. They were among the earliest settlers in French North America, and did keep records, but I am not sure if they would have had records of arrivals. They did keep records of births, marriages, and deaths, but only of Catholics in good standing. By the way, do you know that many of the people who came to NA from France were forced to go as an alternative to serving a prison sentence. In other words many of the ancestors that people are seeking, were petty criminals, and protitutes, and theives. Not all, mind you, but a significant percentage. Jim Bunting...