Project photos in the trash

In the course of using iPhoto, I acquired duplicate photos. I spent time cleaning those out; however, the copies that I've moved to the trash were used in several projects. Now when I empty the trash, the projects get messed up: no pictures.
I've got about 4,000 pictures in the trash. Of those there are roughly 100 or so that are impacting the projects. Is there some automated way to determine which pictures should be "restore[d] to iPhoto Library"? And if I find the offending photos, then how can I check for duplicates in the library?
Ultimately, if I have 2 copies of a given photo where one is in the trash (and used in a project) and the second is in the library, I want to swap those photos so my projects remain intact.
Thanks for any help.
Jeff

Jeff
iPhoto will never delete 4000 photos at a go. It will crash. SO no matter what you want you’re going to need to put them all back in the Library and delete them in increments of 100 or so.
Many folks speak highly of Duplicate Annihilator for dealing with duplicates.
Regards
TD

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