Copying addresses from Filemaker 5.5 or Word to Address Book

I used to have a fairly large database (600+) for a rare bone disease group. The list ran through my ISP. That list is no longer available because of a server switch. I need to move the names and e-mail addresses to Address Book so I can put them in a separate group for Mail. Can't figure out how to do it. I am using an iMac G5 running 10.5.8. Any help?

Have you tried exporting the database as an XML file with an XSL stylesheet to remove the quotes around the data fields? There's one here that is supposed to work: <http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/185588/post/245121/>.
If that doesn't work, you could export it as a CSV file, then open it with a text editor such as BBEdit, Smultron, or even TextEdit and use the Find and Replace feature to find all quotes and remove them. Then save the file, open Address Book and import it.

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...create an automator service to copy the contact info to clipboard.
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