IPhoto seems to have lost photo resolution for some photos

I recently upgrade to iPhoto8. I have set of photos in 2006 which now have only about 50KB file size. It is if they are thumbnails, not the orignal photos whose file size was 500KB to + 1MB etc.
I noticed that in my orignals folder I sometimes have multiple folders for the same day or roll. i.e. Roll 1, Roll 1_2, Roll13. These folders seem to be duplicates of the pictures, and the folder with the underscore naming sometimes has the photo with the bigger file size.
Any understadning how this could have happened or how/where iPhoto stores the orignal files so I might locate and recover, is appreciated.
Thanks
MikeK

Can anyone comment on why iPhoto is creating these additional directories?
ie. Roll 1, "Roll 1_2", "Roll 1_3"
ie. "November 18, 2006", "November 18, 2006_2"
I guess as an adjunct, if I want to back up my photo's an guarantee I have the actual origianls, should I back up the "Originals" folder?
Thanks
MikeK

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