Find a filename in a folder with aperture databases (or files)

hi,
I guess it has been asked before. Is there a way with OSX 10.6.8. to search a folder with about 20 aperture files (or databases) for a single filename?
I am not searching for duplicates (so Tidyup or Duplicate Annihilator don't work for this), but a single filename. I just don't know in which aperture file this photo is stored, and I don't want to open all and search trough them.
"Search" in finder does not help, nor the classic "search" via cmd + space. It does not search trough my aperture files.
any help would be appreciated.
thanks
Chris

Hi Chris -- just search for an app that will search Finder packages.  I found this:
http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile
I use Launchbar which allows search within Finder packages, but it does a lot more (and cost more).
While moderately tedious, opening twenty Libraries and running the same search on each one may take less time than finding another way to do it.

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