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.