Iphoto 2.0.1 can't see photos in viewer window.

I have 6500 photos in a very sluggish iphoto.
I have tried creating new libraries to split up original library into separate years to speed things up, using Finder window as suggested in iPhoto Help, and using iPhoto Buddy. I have moved files across from one library to another in the Finder window but when opening up new library it says it contains no photos. Photos do exist in files in Finder and appear in Preview when double clicked in Finder window. Why can't iPhoto see them?
I then tried to import the photos back into original library and they can't be seen there either.
Help! This is driving me slightly crazy!

I have tried creating new libraries to split up original library into separate years to speed things up, using Finder window as suggested in iPhoto Help
I'm pretty confident that iPhoto Help did not suggest using a Finder window to split up your iPhoto library. Your iPhoto Library folder is the iPhoto database, and any changes made using the Finder would certainly corrupt the database (the results of which you are now experiencing).
You can create multiple iPhoto libraries (that IS described in iPhoto Help), but only one library can be in use at any one time. As Peter has mentioned, moving photos from one library to another requires an iPhoto export from one library, then an iPhoto import to the other (with a library switch in between, requiring an iPhoto restart). If you did anything else, then your iPhoto database is corrupt.
If you've actually pulled your library apart the way you've described, you might as well pull all the year folders out onto the desktop, trash the remaining iPhoto Library folder, and start iPhoto, letting it create a new library. ONce the iPhoto window is open (and empty), drag your year folders to the Albums panel of iPhoto to import them -- you'll lose whatever monthly organization you might have had.
Post back before you do anything if it looks like I've misunderstood what you've tried to do.

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