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)

A christian 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.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.event_types.DuringLifeEventType

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

betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.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.event_types.PostDeathEventType

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

betty.ancestry.event_type.event_types.FinalDispositionEventType

Any final disposition, such as a burial or cremation.

See also