Hello everyone. I've recently come into possession of a ring binder full of my grandparents' old insurance documents. It's mostly correspondence between them and their insurers, receipts, policy details, war damage correspondence, etc. I've looked through it and snagged a few documents that contain snippets of obviously useful info, but most of it seems to be of limited informational value. However, I am very much a newcomer to these sorts of records, so could I ask - am I missing something? Does anyone know if these kinds of records can be a useful way into unlocking information that I might be unaware of? Or are they really likely to just be dusty old documents that I could bin without worry?
By nature I am a hoarder, and my tendency is always to hold on to things that were important to my family or, by association, to me. But our house is full to bursting and I need to start being a bit more realistic about selecting what to keep. Many of these documents are quite attractive - even on the most mundane piece of correspondence the letterheads are so much more beautiful than what we see nowadays and, if I'm honest with myself, I'm loath to get rid of anything that my grandparents obviously held onto for, in some cases, over seventy years, however little value they really hold. But I would be grateful for any pointers anyone could give me as to whether these might be more useful than they, at first, appear.
Many thanks, all.