Apple Mail Auto Complete For Groups

After searching the forum, I found out how to remove autocomplete in Apple Mail for old contacts. But how do I remove old groups from autocomplete?
I have old groups that have been replaced with new ones over the years with the same names. I have to be extremely careful on which group I am selecting from the auto fill list because although the same names, one is current. one isn't. There is only one group in my contacts and all the old ones are gone. I have been able to remove all the unwanted autofill addresses for individuals using:
Window/Previous Recipients
but it doesnt work for old groups. Any ideas?

1) Reindex Mail
Go to your User's Library folder. (if you don't know how to find, see this link.)
http://www.needhelp4mac.com/2013/11/how-to-enable-users-library-folder/
Scroll to Mail folder.
Select the V2 > MailData folder.
Delete any files in MailData with envelope in the name. (should be 3)
When you open Mail it will re-index your files.
2) Search is based off Spotlight cache files.
HOW TO RE-INDEX YOUR SPOTLIGHT CACHE FILES
From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
* Click Spotlight.
* Click the Privacy tab.
* Drag your drive to the list. Wait a couple of minutes.
* Remove the item you added.
* Spotlight will re-index the contents of the item you initially dragged to the list.
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Under Window in the Menu bar, select Previous Recipients List. If the person is in your Contacts, there will be an icon next to the email address. You can add entries to contacts or remove from the list. For example your friend got a new email address but autofil wants to use an old email address. Remove the old entry.
While Mail and Contacts are two separate applications they are tightly integrated.
I'm sorry but I have no other suggestions for a better email client.
Download and run the Mountain Lion combo to refresh your system files.
OS X Mountain Lion Update v10.8.5 (Combo) 831.81 MB
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1676
Hope this helps!

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