1. The family group sheets (FGS) and genealogy reports on this website are in Adobe ® PDF format. You will need a PDF reader to view these files, and you probably already have Acrobat Reader ® installed on your computer. If necessary you can download the free reader by clicking the logo below:

2. The source for grave stone sketches on this site is The Sartwelles in America 1635-1981, abstracted by Olivia (Preshy) Sartwelle Barton and Mary Margaret Sartwelle Charlton and compiled by Olivia (Preshy) Sartwelle Barton, 1981. These sketches were made from rubbings of the actual grave markers by Marvin Charlton, Jr., husband of Mary Margaret Sartwelle Charlton.

3. The Sartwelles in America 1635-1981, abstracted by Olivia (Preshy) Sartwelle Barton and Mary Margaret Sartwelle Charlton and compiled by Olivia (Preshy) Sartwelle Barton, is the source for much of the information you will see on this website.

4. There is no supporting documentation for John Sawtel, Sr. or John Sawtel, Jr. (grandfather and father of Richard Sawtel). There are numerous consistent references to the relationship in the historical records, but all are without source or supporting information. The same holds true for the ancestors of Elizabeth Pople. The records are consistent, but there is no source information.