Disappearing Figure, Table, and Equation Labels for Appendices

I have a large document about which I posed and earlier question about Appendix numbering and received a huge assist in an answer from Doug Robbins.  Here is another question, somewhat related, and resulting from experience with the same document.

I have several larger appendices in this document.  I am required to number Figures, Tables, and Equations in the appendices separate from those in the main body.  Thus, Figures in Appendix C are numbered C-1, C-2, C-3, etc.  I had to create a new label for each of these, called Figure_Apx, Table_Apx, and Equation_Apx, as directed by the excellent article authored by Shauna Kelly.

The current problem:  I opened up the document, and desire to insert a crossreference to a figure in the Appendix.  All three of these labels have disappeared from the list.  The actual labels at the figures remain intact, and I assume that existing crossreferences also are present and functional.  But where did these new labels disappear to?  Are they somehow hidden?  And if so, how can I get them to appear?

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Caption labels are stored in the Normal template, which means that if you move your document to another computer, you won't see the labels that you created. You can recreate the labels in the Caption dialog box. The alternative is to manually add bookmarks around the pieces of text that you want to reference, and then insert a cross-reference to bookmark text.
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