Presence Role

Presence roles are what indicate how a person was involved with an event, such as a subject, a witness, or a regular attendee. They inherit from betty.ancestry.presence_role.PresenceRole.

Built-in presence roles

betty.ancestry.presence_role.Subject

The person was a primary subject at the event, such as the person being born at a birth, or one of the happy couple at a wedding.

betty.ancestry.presence_role.Witness

The person was a witness at an event where other people were the subjects.

betty.ancestry.presence_role.Beneficiary

The person was the event’s beneficiary, such as when a will was read.

betty.ancestry.presence_role.Attendee

The person was an attendee at the event and no additional details about their involvement are known.

betty.ancestry.presence_role.Speaker

The person performed public speaking at the event.

betty.ancestry.presence_role.Celebrant

The person was the celebrant or officiant at the event, such as a civil servant or a clergyperson.

betty.ancestry.presence_role.Organizer

The person organized the event.

See also