Addresses in Mail not recognised as in my Address Book

Hi. I have been having this problem for years now through several computers and OS-X versions, and only now is it really bugging me because I am now using the search in Lion mail for "Person: Smith, John".
I still frequently get emails from or to people in my address book that are not recognised as being there (in my address book) - if you right click the blue address bubble which is displayed in full (John Smith <[email protected]>) rather than just by name (John Smith), it offers to "Add to address book" rather than "Show contact card". If I do chose to add it, I get two identical addresses in the address book, and duplicate cards for the person in question. If I then merge them, and delete either address, it seems a bit unpredictable whether the problem continues or not.
The thing that has brought this to a head is that if I do a search in Lion mail, and chose the "Person: xxxx" option in the drop down menu, it will only find emails that it has recognised are related to those in my address book, and it is missing hoards!
I have to say, all these years on, it is maybe about time Apple fixed this, but does anyone have any thoughts?
Martyn

Welcome to the discussions, gjclimer.
This sometimes helps:
Quit Address Book.
In folder ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook drag file AddressBook.data to the desktop. Rename AddressBook.data.previous to AddressBook.data and restart AB. If your contacts are not back quit AB again and repeat the drag/rename process, this time with AddressBook.data.beforesave.
If you get your contacts back, now is probably a good time to use the AB menu item File/Back up Address Book.
AK

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