Re importing photos, album, etc from an external drive

Recently my I photo library (incl. over 6.000 photos, books already ordered and others still working on, slide shows etc,) was gone. Thanks to the advise I got from Terence (apparantly I deleted my library, and I did not have any back up) - buying an app FileSalvage - I got my photos, albums, etc back on an external hard drive. I would like to know the exact procedure to re import photos and books to the I photo library.
Thanks.

If you have recovered the actual photo files then simply make a new Library:
Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Create Library'
And import them: File -> Add to Library
Regards
TD

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