I3 os4 - i4s os5 Albums gone - Cam roll missing photos

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THE StORY:
3G phone-------------
Spent hours sorting 4000 pics on 3G os4 ready for 4s os5 upgrade.
- created 9 albums from pics on camera roll
- Noticed photo library gets larger as I do this.
- on iPhone, manually delete photos in Cam Roll to avoid copies in 3 places (goal: Present only in Photo Library and Albums since these are linked by design. Who wants a bunch of dup pics, crikey. 1 less is still better right?
- in iTunes, (based on genius direction) right click phone icon, create backup. (the theory was a snapshot of current phones state before upgrade to 4s)
- synced phone - (had some app upgrades/pics to account for)
Q?. How do I know if pics are getting backed up some place when doing a sync?
4S-----------
Goal - Put new data on new phone.
- plug in 4S. Right click phone icon, restore from backup option. Select most recent date.
- complete restore. Phone restarts. Run through setup. Complete. Use phone! Yay!
PROBLEM:
3G
Cam roll 4251 pics
Photo library 792 pics = 10 albums (that took hours to create)
4S
Camera Roll 4251 pics
No Photo Library and no albums. @&$! Really?
- did I just lose 792 of my favorite pics including 262 pics of my fiancé makin funny faces!?
- lame. Please help.
Q?. How do I retrieve all my pics w/o losing changes made to new 4s
- FYI I can still see the albums and photo album on the old 3G phone. Afraid to hook it back up to iTunes in fear of losing them, did they. It get backed up some how?!!!

I better summarize.
...old 3G iPhone.
1. Created a backup of:
Camera Roll 4251 pics
Photo Library 792 pics consisting of 10 albums.
New 4S
1. Restored from backup.
2. Result: Camera Roll 4251 pics
No Photo Library and no albums. They went missing, how?!
- did I just lose 792 of my most important pictures?
Any insight appreciated.
1. How do I get the albums from my old phone backed up if I ran the backup function before upgrade to 4s with apparently no luck?
2. Additionally, if I could somehow get the pics backed up, how do get them onto my now already restored 4s where only a camera roll is present?

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