From Tiger To SnowLeo With a FileVault Issue (Migration)

Hey!
So, my old MacBook Pro's Logic Board/ Video Card ?? was melting down little by little. During that time (and for awhile before) I had been making bootable backups (CCC clones). I had made about 4 clones on 4 different drives - kinda ridiculous but... Due to some space issues with my original 120GB that came with the 15", I had started to save my iPhotos' database separately to free up more space HD (this will come in later).
While trying to build an all-in-one, all up-to-date clone I had suffered a freeze/ improper shutdown on multiple drives (LogicBoard freezing/ Video card over heating?). Why across multiple drives? Well, after I suffered a bad shutdown with iTunes and thought my library would be messed up... I kept mounting bootable clones to copy it's iTunes Library so I could save the most current iTunes Library I had along with most 'current work' bootable clone. I should have known better to keep mounting an encrypted sparseimage when the conditions where high that it would freeze up again and not log out properly. But maybe I am luck with FileVault...(read on).
Anyways, new MacBP - I connected a boot clone during the installation to migrate files over. Did it, then couldn't log into my account. There is no mistake with the FileVault password or the Master Password for that matter. What I then did is I a fresh install of Snow Leopard and just have been using a blank (non of my previous files/ settings etc.) to access my different boot clones and do various disk checks/ utilities with Data Rescue 3/ TechTools Pro 5 and DiskWarrior. I can't get any of my bootable backups to boot off of - even though I have performed a bunch of things like verify disk, volume rebuild etc. I thought I was effectively locked out but I then added the FileVault keychain master password certificate and using an admin account on this new Snow Leo allowed it to be trusted for this machine. So, now I can safely open my encrypted sparseimage - and I have verified a bunch of the files are there and I can read them, can even choose Snow Leopard's iTunes to use my old iTunes Library and play all current stuff. This is great because this is the latest bootable clone that I have and I can open up the sparseimage no problem.
Ok, so finally my question... in this situation, what should I do to create a new Snow Leopard install and migrate my old account over to Snow Leopard. I don't want to run into permission issues etc. Oh, with regards to permissions... I had copied over my iPhoto database to an unencrypted backup drive while I was logged into FileVault. So, my iPhoto database isn't encrypted but what about it's permissions?
Should I just do what I did last time (migration assistant at installation) but under a new admin account in the new Snow Leopard move over the FileVault certificate that allowed me to use master password to open the FileVault? I hear the best way to move over FileVault accounts is to switch off FileVault and do the upgrade... but that's is the thing... I can't boot into these clones and switch it off. I can see the file system when logged into Snow Leopard.... and I do repair permissions but I can't seem to boot from it. If booted in I would probably run into the not enough space issue. To solve the space issue of un-FileVaulting, you make a new sparseimage, move over your contents etc. I hear - but you can't do that in Snow Leopard because it uses sparsebundles right? I can't seem to boot from Tiger install CD on this new Mac either.
Sorry, long winded but trying to give the most information. I feel like I am so close... I have access to all these files I want to move over.. how can I move them over with out missing invisible files and creating permission hiccups? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
And I think I am done with FileVault.... too many close calls....

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