One thing I don't quite understand, I have a wallet but can't view my public key/receiving address at all, without downloading the entire history of the blockchain... If I had that info, I could just punch that into here?
http://www.homebitcoin.com/easybalance/You can extract all the private keys and addresses. Being able to and be able to handle and spend them depends on your technical competency and that's something that I don't think you should risk and frankly it could be pretty tedious. Following our method allows you to see your balance as well as being able to spend them easily.