HT2486 Help creating group in address book

I can not figure out how to create a group in my Mac address book even after exhausting the internet searching for help. I've attached a screen shot of my address book and as you can see I have three selection to choose from in my address book: "All Contacts", On My Mac "All on My Mac", on Mac OS X Server "All on Mac OS X Server" and when I go to add a group it automatically adds the group to On My Mac "All on My Mac" and does not give me a way to add a group under "All Contacts". When I do add a group to "All on My Mac" and click and drag the contacts I want in that group it does not accumulate the contacts it only replaces them as I go. It also adds a duplicate contact into "All Contacts". I am at a loss as to how to add a group with my current address book configuration. Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

Those are not groups, they are accounts, On My Mac is local, On Mac OSX Server is a network account. All Contacts does exactly what it says, displays all of your contacts (wherever they are from) in one view.
To make a new Group in Mail go to the File menu and select 'New Group'

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