How complete is iPhoto's Import function?

I have many many photos generated from older versions of iPhoto. These photos are now stored wherever iPhoto put them on my internal hard drive. That drive is running OSX 10.6.8 with iPhoto 7.1.5. iPhoto functions nicely in that setting.
About a year ago I added an external start-up hard drive running OSX 10.8.5. (I’ve maintained the older internal 10.6.8 drive for backward compatibility reasons.)
I’m about to upgrade the external 10.8.5 HD to Yosemite, and then add the latest iPhoto software, v. 9.6 apparently.
Once Yosemite and the latest iPhoto are running on the external start-up HD can I import all the old photos along with their hierarchy of albums and folders, and all individual photo dates, notes, etc.?
In other words, I’d like to get into the newest version of iPhoto, BUT I don’t want to lose any of the old photos or any of the accompanying information or organization. I’ve built that over the years and don’t want to lose it.
I presume the latest iPhoto has an “Import” capability. How competently does it function?

re:  "The latest version of iPhoto, v9.6, requires 10.10, so you're not going to be doing that. You'll need to purchase an iLIfe 11 disk to upgrade to the closest you can get."
- Huh?
- I'm not going to be doing what?
- Why do I need an iLife 11 disk?
Thanks for your reply, but how closely did you read my post?

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