1)  Q:  Does it cost anything to join the Kaufman County, TX mailing list at RootsWeb?
     A:  No, you may join as many mailing lists on RootsWeb as you would like without charge.

2)  Q:  I sent a message to TXKAUFMA-D-request@rootsweb.com.  Why wasn't it sent to the mailing list?
     A:  The computer at that address handles requests for subscribing or unsubscribing to the mailing list in digest mode; it will not send any messages it receives to the mailing list.  To post a message to the mailing list (regardless if you are subscribed in mail mode or digest mode), send it to TXKAUFMA-L@rootsweb.com

3)  Q:  I would like to know if someone knows anything about my Kaufman County ancestors?
     A:  The way to find out is to use the Kaufman Co., TX search engine to see if any information on your surname(s) are posted on the site, check to see if anyone else has posted a query or information on your ancestors on the Message board at RootsWeb, post a query of your own to the Kaufman County Message board, check the mailing list archives to see if someone else who posted a message is also researching your familiy, and/or send a message of your own to the Kaufman County mailing list (after subscribing to it first). 

4)  Q:  Why can't the county coordinator tell me what I want to know about my family?
     A:  The volunteer coordinator of the Kaufman County, TX site does not live in Kaufman County and does not have access to any of the Kaufman County records not posted on this website.

5)  Q:   I was hoping to find a lot of references to my Kaufman County, TX family on this site.
     A:  We have been working hard to get as much information posted to this website in the hopes of making it easier for you to locate information on your family.  You may want to consider volunteering to help to get things posted to the website.

6)  Q:  With the internet, you don't have to do any actual research yourself.
     A:  The purpose of this site is to help researchers have a better chance of finding the information they are looking for and to provide a means by which you can conveniently meet others who may have information on your family or perhaps are even related to you.  Although, this is a wonderful resource, this does not mean that everything you're looking for is now or will ever be posted on the internet.  We are a long way from "leg work" becoming a thing of the past.  If you want to get as much information on your family as possible without doing the research, you should probably consider hiring a professional genealogist.

7)  Q:  Aren't all of the USGenWeb county coordinators professional genealogists who know everything there is to know about everyone who ever lived in that county?
     A:  No.  The USGenWeb Project is a group of volunteers who share the common goal of helping to provide genealogical information on the internet for every county in the United States for free.  The level of expertise that each of the volunteers has differs from individual to individual.  The USGenWeb Project does not pay the volunteers to be county coordinators.

8)  Q:  Isn't the USGenWeb Project part of RootsWeb?
     A:  No, the USGenWeb Project is separate from RootsWeb and Ancestry.com.  RootsWeb previously provided free ad-free webspace for the Project but is no longer willing to do so.