Can i recover lost notes from an old time machine back up?

I found this doom and gloom advice, but isn't there a way to go to an old back up on my time machine and find the file?
modular747 Central Florida
Re: lost notes     Oct 1, 2009 8:59 PM    (in response to Sybil Clanton) 
Where did you synch them to? If you synced then TO your Mac, you can get them back:
iTunes > Devices > your phone > Info > Notes (check sync notes), Advanced - Replace Info on this iPhone - check Notes. If you had "Replace" checked when you did your last synch, the notes were replaced by whatever had previously been synched to your Mac (nothing?) and are unfortunately permanently lost.

Thank you for your response! I read that their is a product called Wondershare that will recover contacts directly from the phone and that the data is still in there somewhere. This program is $80 and before I purchase, I just want to make sure it will actually recover those contacts.

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