Does anyone know how to open an old AppleWorks document: Address DB.cwk is the name of the document. I've tried Pages, iWork applications, Word and keep getting an error message.

This is an old file saved from a crashed MacBook and we're trying to figure out if we can get the information from the file - a list of contacts and addresses.
Appreciate any help you can supply.

As of Lion (10.7) the PowerPC compatibility "Rosetta" utility is no longer supported by Apple. So PowerPC programs such as AppleWorks no longer work.
For old software that will run under 10.7, 10.8 and 10.9 and will read some of the AppleWorks formats see:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23999077?ac_cid=tw123456#23999077
and
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24000557?ac_cid=tw123456#24000557
If your Mac came with Snow Leopard or and earlier OS you can run Snow Leopard (10.6) on an external drive or on a partition on your internal drive to continue running PowerPC programs under the Rosetta utility. Using the Startup Manager http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1310 you would boot Snow Leopard to run the PowerPC applications and then reboot a newer OS (10.7, 10.8 or 10.9) to run normally.
If you have a newer machine or will be using the PowerPC applications often and you want to run them on Snow Leopard at the same time you run a newer operating system, then you can use a virtual machine such as Parallels, VirtualBox, or VMWare Fusion. You need the Snow Leopard Server version to use it with a virtual machine (VM). You need to call Apple to order SL Server.
Snow Leopard Server for $19.99 + sales tax & shipping costs at 1.800.MYAPPLE (1.800.692.7753) - Apple Part Number: MC588Z/A (telephone orders only).
Parallels VM ($80): http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/
Virtual Box VM: (free,open source): https://www.virtualbox.org/
VMware Fusion VM ($39): http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/
See Roger Wilmut’s article: Abandoning Appleworks:
http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/aw/page1.html
Last call for AppleWorks users:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1160843/last_appleworks.html

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