Restore Address Book data from Time Machine back up

Help! i sync'd my Address Book with Entourage Contacts and it deleted two years worth of contacts.  I have a time machine back up but don't know how to find the data to restore.  Can anyone help?

Open your Address Book, when started launch Time Machine from dock. You should now see the Time Machine interface with the Address Book window. Click on the Arrow Up on the right side to fly back in time. Click until you see the contacts back in the Address Book window (or Click on the date on the ride side of the display). Mark the contacts in the window you want to restore and click on "Restore" on the bottom on the right side.
Time Machine should now bring back your contacts from the backup to the actual running system.

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