Import the address book from 10.4?

I just updated one of our computers from 10.4 to OS 10.6.7 -- I didn't use migration assistant, because I didn't want all of the user's data to carry over to the new build, I wanted to be more selective. How can I import the user's address book? I've tried copying all the files over from:
User > Library > Application Support > Address Book
... but they still don't show up in Address book. What can I do?
Thanks in advance!

If you copied all the files, delete this file: AddressBook-v22.abcddb.
It is the index (database) that Address Book makes. If it is there, it won't try to convert the addressbook.data file.
When it starts up and sees only the addressbook.data file, it will convert it to the new format with all the individual vCards in the metadata folder and the index in the above referenced file.

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