How determine album site of a photo in iphoto library?

I have a collection of about 10,000 photos, many of them vintage from scans, and desperately need to know the multiple album locations of each one. One reason for this need is if I determine the ancestory for a particular individual is not as first thought, I therefore need to remove from an album or albums and place in others. This was a simple operation in the photo organization software that I used on the pc (fotoalbum pro) but I can't seem to find a way to accomplish this task on my wonderful new macbookpro. FYI, I am an enthusiastic convert.
macbook pro Mac OS X (10.4.10) switched from 20 years of PC

gurunot:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Are you saying that you want to know which albums a photo is associated with, right? There is no way to tell how many albums and which ones a photo is in. It would be nice if associated albums could be listed below the thumbnails like keywords are. You can submit that feature request at http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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