IPhoto picture albums missing

After upgrading to Yosemite and or iPhoto 9.6 some of my picture albums have disappeared.  The pictures are still on iPhoto, is there any way to get them back?  I don't want to go through over 15,000 photos to make new albums.

Do the following:
1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down to open the First Aid window. Be sure to follow the circled recommendation in the screenshot.
2 - run Option #4, Rebuild Database.
If that fails to recover the albums your best bet would be to restore your library from the backup created just prior to upgrading to iPhoto 9.6.

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