How do I restore information from a time capsule Back up to a new computer???

Last week my Imac was stolen. Fortunately the thieves did not take the Airport Time Capsule on which I have my back-ups.
Yesterday I bought a new Imac and today I tried to recover my back-ups.
A very disappointing experience I must say!
During installation I somewhere chose the option to restore information from a previous backup. I entered all the requested ID's and passwords and the system started to reset the backups. It indicated that the "transfer file process" would require 2 hrs 45 minutes. Very promising!
However, after less than 10 minutes it stopped. When I checked the information on the Imac it appeared to be inclomplete. Part of my photo's had been recovered, but my E-mail settings including address books and old E-mails had not been recovered.
I then used the Migration assistant to start the transfer process again. Unfortunately with the same sad result.
When I tried to repeat the process again, the system did not find the Imac back-up on the time machine anymore.
Is there anybody who can help me out???

Your backups may be corrupted.  Try repairing them, per #A5 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.  Be sure to connect to the TC via Ethernet.
Then start over, per the green box in How do I set up a new Mac from my old Mac or its backups?

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