Bookmarks not saved in Time Machine!?!?

Hello,
My MBP HDD recently crashed and I'm trying to re-install all of the bookmarks from my last TM backup.
However, I can't seem to find them in the usual place(s) that people are claiming they are located (/Library/Safari/.plist for example).
In fact, my browsers (Safari, Chrome, FF) are not even folders in /Library.
Please let me know how to get all of those bookmarks back.
Thanks,
J.

Wrong place. /Users/your username/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist for Safari. I haven't a clue about the other browsers.

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