I accidentally deleted my firefox profile on OS X. My bookmarks, usernames, passwords - all gone. Used data recovery software...

Data recovery software called Data Rescue 3. It seemed to have brought up many deleted files. I sifted through as many as I could. I have removed the ones that are .pdf, etc. and obviously not related to firefox.
The folder & files I recovered:
1) SQLite - I have many files called SQ00001.db, SQ00002.db, etc. I don't know if these are the user names or passwords or what? They are in a folder called SQLite. If I click on this nothing happens.
2) There are files under misc called login-0001.keychain - Are these passwords, usernames?
3) Web Bookmarks - Files called Bookmarks00001.plist. If I click on this it opens up in text edit and I can see some books randomly throughout.
4) Mozilla - Only on file called bookmarks-00001.html
5) There are many other files one in text ending in htm. and plist.
6) Some other files called DS_Store-00001, etc.
7) Also some files called embed.default.js.gz (under Archives folder and ZIP). I don't know what this is.
I tried to recover the files... I don't know what to do with them. Obviously some files might be useless. If I could get the usernames saved that would mean everything to me. Literally. I have all my work on there... :(
I could look up other files specifically, please just let me know. Running OS X 10.6.8.
A lot of questions said use data recovery, I've read and read and am truly stuck. What do I do with these files? How do I get my username and profile info back. There is no file called .ini or 12345678.default. (example).
Please, please, please help. Thank you.

For passwords, look for 2 files key3.db and signons.sqlite
For usernames saved in form fields, look for formhistory.sqlite
Bookmarks are in places.sqlite
For descriptions of each profile file, read:
<br> [[Profiles - Where Firefox stores your bookmarks, passwords and other user data#w_what-information-is-stored-in-my-profile|What information is stored in my profile?]]

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