Library won't open in updated iPhoto

I have updated to iPhoto 6.0.4 but it presents me with a library that is completely empty. There are folders for "Early Photos," "2004," "2005," etc. but nothing in them.
I have all my earlier library on a backup disk, but when I move them over to my current hard drive, I am confronted with a message stating, for example, "The operation cannot be completed because 'Argent29' is locked." (That is the title of one of my photos.) Apparently there are quite a few photos in one of the rolls that I locked several years ago for one reason or another. I know from messing around yesterday that there are about 20 locked files that are blocking the transfer.
Well, first — how do I search for all locked files so I can unlock them. (I tried doing it one at a time, and it is pretty time-intensive.) And, second — which of the two libraries is the system worried about? The new library or the old library? (Which files should I unlock?)
And, third, am I on the right track in trying to move the old library from my backup disk in the first place? (I actually succeeded in doing that yesterday but to no avail: I was confronted with a message saying something like "You've changed your files so you have to install a newer version of iPhoto to read them.")
So if you could respond with (1), (2) and (3) marked, I would greatly appreciate it. Maybe you could answer No. (3) first?
Sincerely,
George From Palms

Sorry. I posted this in the wrong forum.
GFP

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