Library not opening in iPhoto '11

I recently "upgraded" to iPhoto '11, but when I tried to open my library, it gave me an error message.  Sorry I don't have the quote of the exact message, but it was something to the effect of "I can't read this old library, but I can upgrade it for ya" and then it tried to upgrade it, but it told me "no, actually this library is broken, I can't upgrade a broken library".
So I then "downgraded" back to iPhoto '09 via Time Machine, and it still wouldn't open.  But when I restored the library from a day-old version via Time Machine its back to working fine.
I was reading some older discussion here from folks with similar problems, and it looks like I might be missing some data files?  If so, how do I fix it?

Sorry, what I've done so far is basically as described in my first email, with the addition of rebuilding using the feature within iPhoto and using iPhoto Library Manager.  I have two separate iPhoto Libraries, and the exact same problem is happening for both.
It looks like my problem is similar to what the guy on this thread is dealing with:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2642315?threadID=2642315&tstart=0
I am in the same boat as Big McAl.  I seem to be missing some data files in the library.  This is the case for both of my original libraries, and the rebuilt version (only bothered to rebuild one of them).

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