I think the most challenging thing has been trying to find and then obtain certificates of birth, death and marriage. It is hard enough finding certificates in Australia - each State has its own rules and pricing structure, and it's not exactly cheap.
I haven't been game to try and obtain overseas certificates, it has been such a minefield trying to get information locally. I have a cousin (actually she is my Dad's cousin) who is really interested in the French side of the family and I think she has lots more information than she has told me! But she does tend to hoard her finds and sometimes it is hard to get copies from her.
Mostly, I am happy to make my findings freely available on Ancestry to fellow family researchers because I have been the beneficiary of their generosity in the past. If I think something should be kept private, I will not post it. My cousin is not on Ancestry but has everything filed away at home, and because of a dodgy internet connection cannot always send things electronically.
So, the challenge for me as a pure amateur, is to find proper source documents to back up the information in my tree. The tyranny of distance, the language differences and the cost involved all put roadblocks in my way.
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