the links read correctly but selecting it goes to old server

I have moved from one server to a new one. When I look the different places I see listed in docs for urls they are all ok but in the page when I select a link from the header it goes to the original site. Here is where I have looked:

wp-config
settings: general
post or page url for the file

I also read the docs here about permissions and reset those although I never found .htaccess even after changing my ftp software settings

I am thinking it must be in the database but I have no idea how to address that. Is there any other things I should check first? If that still comes back negative then how do I update the database?

Thank you.