Transferring address book and keychain

After reading the forums I chose not to use the migration software to import my Address, Keychain, Mail and Safari information from my G4 running panther. I was able to transfer Safari and Mail, but the Address Book and Keychain I am having trouble with. For the Keychain I tried the work arounds mentioned in the forums, but I'm still having problems. Any other suggestions?
Also does anyone have any suggestions on how to move the address book? I took the existing files from my G4 under Library, Application Support, and placed it in the same area on my Mac Pro. Nothing happened.
Thanks,
Meryl
Mac Pro 2Ghz   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  
  Mac OS X (10.3.8)  

You may not have moved the right files and folders. It will make things a lot easier if you use the same shortname and password on your Mac Pro that you used on your old G4.
Here is a list of where your important data is stored ("~" stands for "Home"):
In your Home folder copy the contents of Documents, Movies, Music, Pictures, and Sites.
In your ~/Library/ folder:
~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Application Support/iCal (copy the whole folder)
Also in ~/Library/Application Support (copy whatever else you need)
~/Library/Keychains (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Mail (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist (* This is a very important file which contains all email account settings and general mail preferences.)
~ /Library/iTunes (copy the whole folder)
~ /Library/Safari (copy the whole folder)
If you want cookies:
~/Library/Cookies/Cookies.plist
~/Library/Application Support/WebFoundation/HTTPCookies.plist
For Entourage users:
Entourage is in ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data
Also in ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft

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