IPhoto 11 previews folder but images in masters folder gone

I hope someone can help because I'm stumped. I put photos in iphoto and then edit them and they go into the previews folder but for some reason they are being deleted from the masters folder so when I go to edit an image it says it can't be found. I know the photos are in the previews folder and I have to reimport the images but can't figure out why they are being deleted from the masters folder as I'm not deleting them in iphoto. Also I assume that if I delete a photo in iphoto it will delete also the previews, is that correct?
Somehow there are photos that I have not edited that have ended up in previews but are not in masters.
Any thoughts would be helpful
Thanks
Derek

Try rebuild with iPhoto Library Manager
Note the Caveats:
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Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.

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Is it possible to get Thunar to show previews of the images inside of a folder on the folder thumbnail icon? I have been trying to determine this on and off for a few months now, but I can't find anything.
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