Pictures imported from iPhoto 6 to iPhoto 09 lost organization

I recently upgraded from a Quicksilver 2002 (iPhoto 06) to a Mac Mini 2009 (iPhoto 09). I copied the iPhoto Library (folder) from the G4 to the Mac Mini and ran iPhoto 09. It imports (automatically the photos, few thousands) but the organization is all messed up.
They were basically organized by film roll (import date), but now they are organized by events and there are events spanning wide time span with random photos in it, there are events from the future (2011 to 2045) etc. It looks pretty messed up.
Do I need to fix the library on the G4 (with iPhoto 6) somehow before I copy it over? I looks like it was messed up in the beginning (but iPhoto 6 was able to load it correctly) and iPhoto 09 is making assumptions.
BTW, then I tried starting up iPhoto with CMD and Option pressed and that totally messed things up even more. I had started some face recognition and it created cropped photos of faces and put them in the main library.
Thanks
IC

So you are saying that giving the rolls (~7 years worth of film, same age as the Quicksilver 2002) a specific name really matters for iPhoto 09 to properly load in the iPhoto 6 library?
If you still have your old library and machine go back to it and be sure all of your rolls are named - none with the default "roll xx" name
That is exactly what I said
Can I edit the event date (I'll admit it, I haven't looked into that)?
No - you can edit the dates of the photos in the event (photos menu ==> adjust time and date -- or photos menu ==> batch change time and date)
LN
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