Duplicates in library....why?

I have many duplicates of some pics in my library. I want to erase the duplicates. Some of the duplicates have multiple pics with "library-xxxx" as title. Can I erase these safely? Why do I have so many duplicates?

Hudson Mom
Welcome to the Apple user assistance forums
Where do yousee these duplicates?
If they are in the iPhoto library looking with the findr they are normal and it is advised taht you do not go into the iPhoto library directly and never change anything in the iPhoto library using the finder
If they are in the iPhoto libray window using the iPhoto program then yu have imported duplicates to the library - Duplicate anniliator - http://www.brattoo.com/propaganda/ - has been successfully used by many to resolve this issue - back up your library and run it
LN

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