Missing pics in iPhoto albums. How do I get them back?

I am heartbroken because I am realizing that some of my albums are missing photos, and I'm hoping someone can tell me how to get them back. I confess that I have so many pics, I don't even know which ones are missing, but one album that I'm sure should have 45 pics has just about 20. If they've disappeared altogether from my computer, that would be just awful, since many are old family photos that I spent forever scanning. I'm on an early 2008 White Macbook, OS X (10.6.8) with iPhoto 09 (8.1.2) Thank you in advance for any helpful instructions you can provide (and not too technical please -- I know my Macs, but I'm not a programmer or anything like that.)

The following may help you understand about deleting photos from a library:
Deleting Photos from an iPhoto Library:
1 - from an Event or the Photos mode: select the photo(s) and use the Delete key to move the photos to the trash bin. Then empty the iPhoto Trash bin as follows:
2 - from an album, smart album, book, slideshow, card, etc.: select the photo(s) and use the key combination of Command+Option+Delete to move the photos to the trash bin. Then empty the trash bin as above.
NOTE: deleting a photo from an album, slideshow, book, etc., with only the Delete key only deletes that photo from that item. Deleting a photo from an Event deletes ALL occurences of that photo in the library.
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