Ive lost file locations in iphoto

I accidentally moved files from "all documents" to trash, and i lost all the file locations in my library, how do i restore them??Files are still in trash.

yes I'm using iphoto. I thought i was dragging jpegs from my flashdrive to trash, but it was on the left column under "search for" all photos,all movies, all documents. i moved them without thinking to the trash, didnt backem up. cause I thought I was making space on flashdrive. When I realized what I did, my events,photos and albums seem to have lost thier locations, when I had the dropped back into iphoto, now i'm just baffeld?!

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    David

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