Cancelled migration assistant, lost files!

hi,
i set up migration assistant wirelessly between my old mac and my new macbook. when it gave the estimated time as 19 hours i cancelled it. it was only running for about half an hour however some of the files on my old mac are missing - and are no where to be found on my new one. these include 3 years worth of bookmarks and its pretty important i get these back! as i say i've look so thoroughly through my old mac and new macbook and can not find them anywhere. any help would be so appreciated,
thank you!

Peruse Best Practices and Setup new Mac. and seriously consider starting from scratch and doing it connected directly.

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