Jpeg link to original raw files bridge or lightroom?

I have recently exported jpegs and given them to a librarian to add metadata. He used Bridge to add the metadata to the jpegs. Is there a simple way to give him the original raw files and they will automatically link together?
The filenames have been changed. I am hoping there is a residual filename in the metadata.
Thanks, Rob

Not that I know of. And with a new name it is a new file.
There will only be old name if he did batch rename and had the box check to preserve current file name.

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So I would do a batch export of highest quality JPEGs
of all these master files, and import those into
iPhoto. I'd then rate, keyword, comment, and organize
the photos in iPhoto. If I ever wanted to go back and
make a 13x19-inch print, I'd use iPhoto to
find the file (via metadata such as keywords,
date, album, comments, etc.), then use that filename
to go back and find the original raw (or PSD) file
and print from that.
<...>
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benefit of all the metadata tagging (ratings,
keywords, etc.), but still have to go back to and
separately import the directories of original
raw files. But then the JPEGs and the raws are not
associated in any way.
I have not changed any filenames, so the JPEGs and
raws have exactly the same filenames except for their
extension. Is there any way in Aperture to associate
them with each other, or automatically apply the
metadata from the JPEGs to the raw files? An
Automator action maybe?
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