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.event_types.EventType.
Built-in event types¶
adoption(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.Adoption)A person’s adoption.
baptism(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.Baptism)A person’s baptism.
bar-mitzvah(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.BarMitzvah)A person’s bar mitzvah.
bat-mitzvah(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.BatMitzvah)A person’s bat mitzvah.
birth(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.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.
burial(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.Burial)A person’s burial.
conference(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.Conference)A conference.
confirmation(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.Confirmation)correspondence(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.Correspondence)Correspondence between people, such as letters or emails.
cremation(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.Cremation)A person’s cremation.
death(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.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.
divorce(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.Divorce)A person’s divorce from another.
divorce-announcement(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.DivorceAnnouncement)The public announcement of a person’s divorce from another.
emigration(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.Emigration)A person’s emigration from a place.
engagement(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.Engagement)A person’s engagement to another.
funeral(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.Funeral)A person’s funeral.
immigration(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.Immigration)A person’s immigration to a place.
marriage(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.Marriage)A person’s marriage to another.
marriage-announcement(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.MarriageAnnouncement)The public announcement of a person’s marriage to another, such as marriage banns.
missing(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.Missing)When someone has become a missing person.
occupation(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.Occupation)How a person spends their time in society, such as through employment or education.
residence(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.Residence)A person stayed or lived in a place for some time.
retirement(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.Retirement)A person’s retirement from their occupations.
unknown(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.Unknown)The event’s type is not otherwise known.
will(betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.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.event_types.StartOfLifeEventTypeAny event taking place because of and close to someone’s birth, such as a baptism, or an actual birth.
betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.DuringLifeEventTypeAny event taking place while the subject was still alive, e.g. between their birth and death.
betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.EndOfLifeEventTypeAny event taking place because of and close to someone’s death, such as a funeral, or an actual death.
betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.PostDeathEventTypeAny event taking place after someone’s death, such as a funeral or will reading.
betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.FinalDispositionEventTypeAny final disposition, such as a burial or cremation.