Retrieve old saved emails after reinstalling OS X

Happy New Year all!
I have recently reinstalled OS X 10.3.9 after some problems.
I believed that I backed up everything but cannot find my old saved emails.
Where should I look to copy my old emails into my new boxes?
Thanks!

Thanks so much for your prompt response!!!!!
Is my GIZMO! OVERDRIVE (some call it the 'thumb drive') the USB stick you mentioned? I did use that to import/drag over the files and named the one folder that has them all in it: "mailboxes".....but when I try to open it, all the files are there but they all show up as empty icons and if I click on them (on this new laptop Pro Book), I get message that there's no default application to open them and asks me to choose an application. Wondering if all the files are there but that they will not appear until they go into the right place, using the process you describe. Wanted to check all of that before I try anything. Thanks again!
Babs
This is a tricky one as Apple changed the format of
Mail messages between 10.3 and 10.4. The original
format for Mail was UNIX MBOX but when people
upgraded to Tiger they were changed to single files
for SpotLight compatibility.
However the good news is that the new Mail can import
the old format so you need to somehow get your old
folder from the G4 (found in the location above -
drag the account name folder over), easiest with a
USB stick, on to the new machine.
Open Mail on Tiger and go to File, Import Mailboxes
and select (this is important) Other, then select
your old account folder to import the files. You may
have to select the actual Inbox.mbox for this to work
The Address Book files are in
<username>/Library/Application Support in a folder
called AddressBook - if you drag it to the same place
on the new machine it should be recognized and used.
Hope that helps!

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