Hmm, I'm feeling a bit uneasy as I realise that I would probably fit the label of "hobbyist" as used in this thread.
I've got as far as I can for the moment with my family tree and am now researching something that I've been promising myself for years -- the inhabitants of the local graveyard. It's only a small place but it turns out there are so many stories behind the basic facts on the gravestone!
I plan to write up all the info and gift it to the church who are interested in the idea of it being made into a booklet, for sale to help church funds. I won't be making a penny from it myself (but I have forked out where necessary for info).
I've done a LOT of work on this over the last 3 months and am really enjoying finding out more about the area -- and I have posted a few queries here on RC in the hope that someone could do a Derbyshire lookup for me (the church may be local, the records office isn't!) or help me untangle my thoughts with one particular confusing family. I think I have said in most, if not all, of my posts that it is local history, not family history. I'm also well aware that any info provided on the threads will be there to help other people in the future, should they join RC looking for the same families.
Now - am I doing wrong? Because if I am, I can only apologise and say that I was unaware.
ps I should also add that I try to help people with requests if it's in my sphere of knowledge or I have the relevant info, without questioning why they want the info!