How to transfer Address Book from previous system to new one?

I had to reinstall Mac OS X and chose to archive my "previous system".
How do I get my address book back from my previous system? I lost EVERYTHING:(

Look in your archived user folder. You can just move the yourUserName/Library/Application Support/AddressBook folder to the same location on your new system.

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