Changed POP-account into IMAP: where are my old messages?

Few weeks ago, I created an IMAP-account (just bougt a MacBook).
Now it seems all POP-history has disappeared.
I named the IMAP-account, the same accountname as the POP-account before. I didnot backup or archive.
I checked ~/Library/Mail/, didnot find my old POP-folders, only new IMAP-folders.
I found the attats in the trash, but not the emlx's that were in my POP-folders. Are they hidden somewhere? Any way to restore these emlx's?
Any suggestions very welcome.
Har ©

Hi BDAqua,
First, thanks for your quick reply. Had I been that fast...
I looked at the data-rescue software you recommended. It states that you don't have to be technical, however data recovery seems not my cup of tea. And then, me and my family used this Mac for another three weeks since, before I found out my old messages had disappeared. So if these files are not waiting in some folder, I guess it's a mess.
I think I'll take my loss of about one year of adresses, id's, passwords, confirmations etc. Luckely I found there was a lot of this saved in the attats and in keychain access as well.
Your remark about another HD made me realise that I'll need one anyway to backup my IMAP-boxes and keep out of things like this in future.
Thanks

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