the local phone book and even that info is largely available on the inter net now..

my song books are a few of the things that i evacuated with from the fire. I lost an address book and that is hard to replace..I have lost contact with some people due to this.

a family recipe book which was compiled for a reunion..
i often refer to it because besides recipes it contains genealogy
info...researching the family tree(s) is an on going project for me.

most of the things I need to look up can be done on the web.