I don't know much about my father's side ancestral history before 1646. The oldest details I know about the family are as follow:
Three ships left together for North America on July 18, 1646; Le Cardinal, Le Notre Dame and Le Navire Neuf de la Poterie. The journey took two months. If they were aboard the Cardinal, the ship commanded by Pierre Legardeur de Repentigny, it sailed into Quebec harbor on September 23rd.
http://guilletcinqmarsfamily.homestead.com/TrottierFamily.html
Yes, I too, love genealogy. Descending from William the Conqueror through your mother, does that mean you're a Badass Woman of History, yourself? ;-)
I'm working on it. I plan to be known as one. :) :)