If your family goes back that far and had any type of wealth, it can be a worthwhile enterprise. Nobody on either side of mine or my wife’s family arrived here until 1900 or so. And no one had anything of value until the late 50s at best.
I mean, I have boxes of old Life Magazines and Sports Illustrateds. It’s an entertaining way to kill a Sunday. But there’s nothing of great value there.
The astronaut issues of Lufe might be worth something.