Safari auto-fill passwords gone?

Just got a new MacBook Pro 2ghz on Tuesday. Used the migration assistant and all appeared well with one exception: Safari has lost my saved usernames and passwords. I had about 150 from my old machine (which are still there), but they did not migrate to the new laptop. The list in Safari only shows the usernames, so I cannot use it to re-enter the information.
The real problem is that I cannot figure out what settings/preferences to copy over to remedy the problem. I have tried moving the forms pref (in the Safari folder in the prefs folder in the user folder), no dice. My keychain looks like it was transferred fine, but there are several passwords not saved there (?) or so it seems.
Can anyone shed any light on this? I have access info to hundreds of sites that I need to get. By the way, bookmarks, icons, etc, all transferred fine.
Thanks,
xrob
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I've got the same problem. Migration Assistant moved everything else over okay, but for some reason Safari can't connect to all the usernames and passwords that are stored in the Keychain. iChat could and NetNewsWire could... but the AutoFill stuff just isn't working. And I'm looking at all of them in Keychain Access right now!
Ack!
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