Can't move photos to iphoto 9.6

I recently updated my mac to Yosemite and I can't seem to get my photos from my old iPhoto application to the iPhoto 9.6 that I had to download with the new IOS.  My MacBook is a 13 inch aluminum, late 2008 with a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.  I have 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 RAM.  I am now running the Yosemite IOS. 
These are the details of my problem.  I updated my IOS to Yosemite yesterday and found that I needed to download the new iPhoto 9.6.  After downloading it I got a message about upgrading iPhoto.  It began to do this but iPhoto crashed and I had to force quit.  My iPhoto library is probably larger than average (265 GB).  Each time that I have tried to open iPhoto to try to begin the process again it just spins continuously and then I have to force quit.  I tried to hold option and command while opening it but it won't even open.  I also tried deleting iPhoto and reinstalled it.  I tried to upgrade again but after the status bar was about 1/3 of the way across it crashed again.
Any help is appreciated!

Nothing especially large about that Library. The disk space used does't really matter - as long as you have enough space, of course - it's the number of items that iPhoto is managing that gets to be an issue as you approach 1,000,000.
Sounds more like one or more damaged files in there is crashing the upgrade.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
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.  
Regards
TD

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