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¶
attendee(betty.ancestry.presence_role.presence_roles.Attendee)The person was an attendee at the event and no additional details about their involvement are known.
beneficiary(betty.ancestry.presence_role.presence_roles.Beneficiary)The person was the event’s beneficiary, such as when a will was read.
celebrant(betty.ancestry.presence_role.presence_roles.Celebrant)The person was the celebrant or officiant at the event, such as a civil servant or a clergyperson.
informant(betty.ancestry.presence_role.presence_roles.Informant)The person was the informant of an event, e.g. they reported it with a record-keeping institution.
organizer(betty.ancestry.presence_role.presence_roles.Organizer)The person organized the event.
speaker(betty.ancestry.presence_role.presence_roles.Speaker)The person performed public speaking at the event.
subject(betty.ancestry.presence_role.presence_roles.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.
unknown(betty.ancestry.presence_role.presence_roles.Unknown)The person’s role in the event is unknown.
witness(betty.ancestry.presence_role.presence_roles.Witness)The person was a witness at an event where other people were the subjects.