I am now trying the electrum.dat on a windows copy of electrum.  Prior to opening this electrum.dat, I used the default wallet to receive .01 BTC just to make sure the server was working, and it is.

However, as soon as I opened electrum.dat the program reads 0BTC in the wallet, which I know is not true.  WTF

I appreciate any assistance or expertise you can give.  Thanks!