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.model.event_type.EventType.

Event types

betty.model.event_type.Adoption

A person’s adoption.

betty.model.event_type.Baptism

A person’s baptism.

betty.model.event_type.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.

betty.model.event_type.Burial

A person’s burial.

betty.model.event_type.Conference

A conference.

betty.model.event_type.Confirmation

A christian confirmation.

betty.model.event_type.Correspondence

Correspondence between people, such as letters or emails.

betty.model.event_type.Cremation

A person’s cremation.

betty.model.event_type.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.

betty.model.event_type.Divorce

A person’s divorce from another.

betty.model.event_type.DivorceAnnouncement

The public announcement of a person’s divorce from another.

betty.model.event_type.Emigration

A person’s emigration from a place.

betty.model.event_type.Engagement

A person’s engagement to another.

betty.model.event_type.Funeral

A person’s funeral.

betty.model.event_type.Immigration

A person’s immigration to a place.

betty.model.event_type.Marriage

A person’s marriage to another.

betty.model.event_type.MarriageAnnouncement

The public announcement of a person’s marriage to another, such as marriage banns.

betty.model.event_type.Missing

When someone has become a missing person.

betty.model.event_type.Occupation

How a person spends their time in society, such as through employment or education.

betty.model.event_type.Residence

A person stayed or lived in a place for some time.

betty.model.event_type.Retirement

A person’s retirement from their occupations.

betty.model.event_type.UnknownEventType

The event’s type is not otherwise known.

betty.model.event_type.Will

Any event associated with the reading and excution of someone’s will and testament.

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.model.event_type.StartOfLifeEventType

Any event taking place because of and close to someone’s birth, such as a baptism, or an actual birth.

betty.model.event_type.DuringLifeEventType

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

betty.model.event_type.EndOfLifeEventType

Any event taking place because of and close to someone’s death, such as a funeral, or an actual death.

betty.model.event_type.PostDeathEventType

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

betty.model.event_type.FinalDispositionEventType

Any final disposition, such as a burial or cremation.