Iphoto stopped storing originals in Masters file

Due to the hard drive being almost full on my iMac, about a year ago I moved the iphoto libarary to an external drive following the instructions on the forum. That included how to make the version on the external hard drive the new default. Although I photo appears to be working well, I have discovered to my shock that the original raw images from my camera are no longer being stored under Masters when I import to Iphoto. They don't appear to have been since the move to the external hard drive last year. I have searched the Mac HD and they don't appear to be there either.
Can anyone tell me what might have happened to the originals?
In addition does anyone know how to redirect th eoriginals to be saved under Masters for future importing?

Is there an Originals folder inside the Library Package? That folder got rename din recent versions. If so, are the files in that?
Other than that, the only thing that would cause this is if you are running a Referenced Library.
A Managed Library, is the default setting, and iPhoto copies files into the iPhoto Library when Importing. The files are then stored in the Library package
A Referenced Library is when iPhoto is NOT copying the files into the iPhoto Library when importing because you made a change at iPhoto -> Preferences -> Advanced. (You unchecked the option to copy files into the Library on import) The files are then stored where ever you put them and not in the Library package. In this scenario you are responsible for the File Management.

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