Safari Update deleted recent history, kept things 1+ y old. Help!!!

I recently updated my Safari to 3.0.4 (Yes, I am using older versions) and when I did, it wiped out my history. However, it must have retained information from over a year ago, as when I start to type in a URL, the drop-down menu only offers websites I haven't visited in years.
Is there any way to fix this? I don't understand why very, VERY old history has been retained, but the recent sites, the ones that matter to me, have vanished. I often took advantage of the sites held in the drop-down menu, and it's very inconvenient that they were lost to me (even more inconvenient that random, old sites are appearing).
In short, I would like to get my recent history (within the last year) back, as well as my old drop-down menu.
As a side note, my cache does not seem to have been wiped out entirely, as when I go to sites with fields, they can be filled quickly if I had them in my history. For instance, yesterday I could log into an airline's website by filling in the first box and clicking enter. It was a site I visited several days ago, before I updated, but definitely not more than a year ago, when my history vanished.
It makes little sense and I need all the help I can get. Thank you!
PS - Is there a way for me to 'undo' an update without messing up my favorite places and Safari in general? I don't like this update much anyway... Every time I try to type in an address, it offers me the title of a website, which is very frustrating and I'd rather go back to my earlier version.
Message was edited by: AerinC

HI,
If you are running Tiger v10.4.11 as your profile indicates, the minimum requirements for Safari is version 4. You cannot run 3.0.4 on Tiger.
As for the history. Avoid url's autocompletion: The url's you see when you start typing a web page address are collected from your History and Bookmarks. One way to avoid that is to turn on Private Browsing from the Safari Menu Bar, Safari/Private Browsing. In private browsing, Safari won't remember the pages you visit, your search history, or your autofill information.
Carolyn

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