Migrating Address Book from Tiger to Leopard

I migrated all data from old machine (G4 Powerbook) to new machine (MacBookPro), but my address book is now messed up. Contacts are not organized in the same groups as in old machine, and some contacts have multiple addresses that are not correct.
Can I copy files over manually from my old machine to the new one? I know the Address Book info is in the Application Support file, but is there a preference I need to copy as well?
Thanks!

copy the directory /homedirectory/library/application support/address book and the file home directory/ library/preferences/com.apple.addressbook.plist from the old computer to the corresponding locations on the new one. Make sure that neither Mail nor address book are running when you do this. start Address book and see if it transfered correctly.

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