Maintaining Windows File Structure

I'm a long time Windows user who has seen the light. My one complaint at this point is using iPhoto to manage my photos. On my PC I had the files organized as such:
2006\20060203 Missy's Birthday\img0023.jpg
I've copied all the photos over to the Mac and it's just fine. But when I import it in to iPhoto... it seems to dump everything into the library in a big gangly mess. I know that I can expand the library and see it by year, but I would really prefer to be able to see the files according to the file structure I had on my PC. Without going through and recreating 300some albums, is there a way I can import that file structure?
Thanks in advance...
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Hi there,
Try iPhoto menu > View > Film Rolls... if you imported by folder this should set up 'Film Rolls' with the same name and content of each folder... Film Rolls is the way to go, you can open and close each roll, move one photo or entire rolls, etc..
You will unfortunately not be able to retain the folder structures in your iPhoto files when looking throught Finder... do not attempt to reorder the iPhoto library folder, it will not work...
Rick
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