Lr says photos have already been imported

I am using Lr 4.3 and want to import vacation photos. Lr says they have already been imported but I can't find them even if I search by photo name using Explorer. Should I just uncheck the box not to import suggested duplicates and import again? I have over 4,000 and don't want them on the hard drive twice.

I see that answering in the email from Jim didn't display here. I will paste those answers to his questions here.
1. Correct; just the empty folder. Neither are they showing anyplace on my computer when I search using Explorer and a photo name.
2. I have them on an external HD and the cloud. Yes, I could just work from those but not as easily and would like to understand why Lr thinks they are on my computer when I can’t find them anywhere. Perhaps this is related…. I had these on my computer and had done some editing on them. Went back another day and the entire contents of that trip’s folder were GONE. Those on the cloud and external HD are pre-edits. Bummer!
3. I don’t use catalogs; rather a folder structure such as:
2011
     1 – January-March
     2 – April-June
     3 – July-September
     4 – October-December
     Spain-Portugal
I do use keywords liberally. So can I use ADD to bring into a folder? Do I uncheck the “don’t import suspected duplicates” box?

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