Trying to import home movie to iMovie

I am not overly computer literate but here goes, I'm trying to convert a home movie that I copied from VHS to a DVD-RW disk. When I look at the DVD in my Devices I see the following:
VIDEO_RM
     SONATA_DEBUG.IFO
     SONATA.IFO
     VIDEO_RM.BUP
     VIDEO_RM.DAT
     VIDEO_RM.IFO
VIDEO_TS
     VIDEO_TS.BUP
     VIDEO_TS.IFO
     VIDEO_TS.VOB
     VTS_01_0.BUP
     VTS_01_0.IFO
     VTS_01_1.VOB
     VTS_01_2.VOB
     VTS_01_3.VOB
     VTS_01_4.VOB
     VTS_01_5.VOB
     VTS_02_0.BUP
     VTS_02_0.IFO
I've tried Handbrake and a couple of other free softwares to convert the files.   None of these softwares recognize anything. I've tried just one of the VOB files, but even that doesn't help. I have no idea what this stuff means or what to do with it. Not one of the softwares reads any of the above.
My goal is to edit out a section of the video of my Aunt that died 10 years ago and make a special video for my mom for Christmas. I'm so frustrated.
ANY asssistance would be helful.
Thanks in advance.
Donna

Hi
I use
• DV-PAL or DV-NTSC - or -
• AIC
Yours Bengt W

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