Transfer Files from Old MacBook to New MacBook Pro

I'm just about to take delivery of a new macbook pro which will have Lion OS on it.
My present MacBook is running 10.6.8 and I have a Time Capsule on my network which contains backups of this MacBook.
Is there a procedure to folow which will allow me to add the new MacBook Pro onto the network and then transfer over all my ITunes Libray , Photos, contacts, Emails, Vidoes, etc?

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