The Webby Awards – Official Honoree
April 2019 – The website was honored to receive an Official Honoree award in the Best Personal Blog/Website category, at the 23rd Annual Webby Awards held in USA.
Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), is the leading international awards organization honoring excellence on the Internet.
Alongside the 5 Nominees selected for each category, The Webby Awards honors select additional outstanding entries as Official Honorees. Less than 15% of entries in the Webby Awards are deemed Official Honorees.
This is the third Webby Honoree award ever received for digital excellence in Sri Lanka, and the second for a website. It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from over 13,000 entries received in 2019. No Sri Lankan entry has yet won a Webby or been nominated for a Webby.
The W3 Awards – Silver
October 1, 2019 – The website won its first International award, when it grabbed the Silver Award at the 2019 W3 Awards in the General Website, Non-Profit Category for Websites.
The W³ Awards celebrates digital excellence by honoring outstanding Websites, Web Marketing, Video, Mobile Sites/Apps & Social content created by some of the best interactive agencies, designers, and creators worldwide. In honoring the best of the Web, the W³ Awards is the first major web competition to be accessible to the biggest agencies, the smallest firms, and everyone in between. Small firms are as likely to win as Fortune 500 companies and international agencies.
In its thirteenth season, the W³ Awards received over 5,000 entries from Advertising agencies, PR Firms, Interactive Agencies, In-house creative professionals, Web Designers, Graphic Designers, and Web Enthusiasts.
The W³ is sanctioned and judged by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA), an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a “Who’s Who” of acclaimed media, interactive, advertising, and marketing firms. The AIVA oversees all judging and provides strategic direction for The W³ Awards.
The 14th Annual Best-in-Show winners represented an impressive group of agencies and companies of all sizes, including Google Store (BASIC®), AT&T (Critical Mass), Juma Fit Website (La Visual), Samsung Explore (Publicis Sapient), Dell Technologies x McLaren: Driven by Data (Rebellion Design Co.), Deaf 911 (Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness), Crib to Crib (McCann Worldgroup, Singapore ). This family website is honored to be in such esteemed company.
Awards prior to 2007
Lauricells Dornbirer
Unlike many genealogy sites in the Internet, the De Fonseka’s have spent
The High in the Sky Award
The implementation, presents an undeniable excellence that puts it well above the
Internet Beacon Award
You’ve created quite a thorough resource for your family name here.
