Restoring to older file in Time Machine need newer bookmarks

A month ago I upgraded to Yosemite and have been in computer **** ever since. Last night, I decided to return to Mountain Lion, where life was running smoothly. I erased my drive, turned Time Machine on to restore it back to working level and woke up this morning to find everything good as new. Now, I need all my browser bookmarks, documents, etc that I've added since that old back up. I figured out how to restore my docs and pics from a newer backup, but can't figure out how to do the bookmarks. Anyone know?

Quit Safari.
Hold Option.
Go to menu bar Go > Library.
In the window that opens, double click the Safari.
Open Time Machine from the menu bar at top right.
In TM, go to the date you want, find the Bookmarks.plist file, select it and click Restore.

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I see. Don't do that. I do not believe using Migration Assistant is a valid method of accomplishing what you intend.
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Message was edited by: DirkJ

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