Old address book files

Address book is very slow when typing a name in the search box. Another post in this forum suggests deleting the file addressbook-v22.abcddb. I did that with no noticeable effect, but when I checked the other files (in ~/library/application support/address book/) I found all sorts of small address book files with modification dates as old as 2003, e.g., ABPerson.index, ABPerson.skindex.
Does the application updater leave this garbage hanging around or are these essential files? If they're not used, as seems to be the case, according to their modification dates, does it make a difference?

User library>Application Support>Address Book folder. Copy the whole folder.

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