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.model.event_type.EventType
.
Built-in event types¶
betty.model.event_type.Adoption
A person’s adoption.
betty.model.event_type.Baptism
A person’s baptism.
betty.model.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.model.event_type.Burial
A person’s burial.
betty.model.event_type.Conference
A conference.
betty.model.event_type.Confirmation
betty.model.event_type.Correspondence
Correspondence between people, such as letters or emails.
betty.model.event_type.Cremation
A person’s cremation.
betty.model.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.model.event_type.Divorce
A person’s divorce from another.
betty.model.event_type.DivorceAnnouncement
The public announcement of a person’s divorce from another.
betty.model.event_type.Emigration
A person’s emigration from a place.
betty.model.event_type.Engagement
A person’s engagement to another.
betty.model.event_type.Funeral
A person’s funeral.
betty.model.event_type.Immigration
A person’s immigration to a place.
betty.model.event_type.Marriage
A person’s marriage to another.
betty.model.event_type.MarriageAnnouncement
The public announcement of a person’s marriage to another, such as marriage banns.
betty.model.event_type.Missing
When someone has become a missing person.
betty.model.event_type.Occupation
How a person spends their time in society, such as through employment or education.
betty.model.event_type.Residence
A person stayed or lived in a place for some time.
betty.model.event_type.Retirement
A person’s retirement from their occupations.
betty.model.event_type.UnknownEventType
The event’s type is not otherwise known.
betty.model.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.model.event_type.StartOfLifeEventType
Any event taking place because of and close to someone’s birth, such as a baptism, or an actual birth.
betty.model.event_type.DuringLifeEventType
Any event taking place while the subject was still alive, e.g. between their birth and death.
betty.model.event_type.EndOfLifeEventType
Any event taking place because of and close to someone’s death, such as a funeral, or an actual death.
betty.model.event_type.PostDeathEventType
Any event taking place after someone’s death, such as a funeral or will reading.
betty.model.event_type.FinalDispositionEventType
Any final disposition, such as a burial or cremation.