Event Type

Event types are what indicate what kind of thing an event is about, such as a birth, death, or marriage. They inherit from betty.ancestry.event_type.EventType.

Built-in event types

betty.ancestry.event_type.Adoption

A person’s adoption.

betty.ancestry.event_type.Baptism

A person’s baptism.

betty.ancestry.event_type.Birth

A person’s birth. This event type often receives special treatment and is considered the authoritative type to determine when somebody’s life started.

betty.ancestry.event_type.Burial

A person’s burial.

betty.ancestry.event_type.Conference

A conference.

betty.ancestry.event_type.Confirmation

A christian confirmation.

betty.ancestry.event_type.Correspondence

Correspondence between people, such as letters or emails.

betty.ancestry.event_type.Cremation

A person’s cremation.

betty.ancestry.event_type.Death

A person’s death. This event type often receives special treatment and is considered the authoritative type to determine when somebody’s life ended.

betty.ancestry.event_type.Divorce

A person’s divorce from another.

betty.ancestry.event_type.DivorceAnnouncement

The public announcement of a person’s divorce from another.

betty.ancestry.event_type.Emigration

A person’s emigration from a place.

betty.ancestry.event_type.Engagement

A person’s engagement to another.

betty.ancestry.event_type.Funeral

A person’s funeral.

betty.ancestry.event_type.Immigration

A person’s immigration to a place.

betty.ancestry.event_type.Marriage

A person’s marriage to another.

betty.ancestry.event_type.MarriageAnnouncement

The public announcement of a person’s marriage to another, such as marriage banns.

betty.ancestry.event_type.Missing

When someone has become a missing person.

betty.ancestry.event_type.Occupation

How a person spends their time in society, such as through employment or education.

betty.ancestry.event_type.Residence

A person stayed or lived in a place for some time.

betty.ancestry.event_type.Retirement

A person’s retirement from their occupations.

betty.ancestry.event_type.UnknownEventType

The event’s type is not otherwise known.

betty.ancestry.event_type.Will

Any event associated with the reading and excution of someone’s will and testament.

Built-in meta event types

The aforementioned event types can inherit from these meta types. For example, births and baptisms are both start-of-life events.

betty.ancestry.event_type.StartOfLifeEventType

Any event taking place because of and close to someone’s birth, such as a baptism, or an actual birth.

betty.ancestry.event_type.DuringLifeEventType

Any event taking place while the subject was still alive, e.g. between their birth and death.

betty.ancestry.event_type.EndOfLifeEventType

Any event taking place because of and close to someone’s death, such as a funeral, or an actual death.

betty.ancestry.event_type.PostDeathEventType

Any event taking place after someone’s death, such as a funeral or will reading.

betty.ancestry.event_type.FinalDispositionEventType

Any final disposition, such as a burial or cremation.

See also