Having trouble with Time Machine

I recently had to reinstall my system software. Now I am trying to restore things like my iPhoto Library, Address Book, Safari Bookmarks and settings etc
But my Time Machine Back up won't seem to let me go any further back than yesterday ! What have I done wrong and how can I get to my old back ups ?
HELP !
Tom

Restart your machine if need be and turn it off. If you don't have any data on the TM disk other than TM, then reformat it (with case sensitivity OFF). If you have data on there, then just trash teh TM backup folder. DOnt' forget to empty trash. Turn TM back on and let it do it's thing. Don't browse the drive to see what it's doing; don't start modifying file sto test it out - just leave it be till it's done.

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