In 1968 Christian and Elise's grandson,Merrill Isely, produced an update of Of-By-For-Ourselves entitled, "For the Grandchildren of the Grandchildren. 1968." One hundred copies were produced. It contained reproductions of portions of the text in the 1939 book and a contemporary compilation of Christian and Elise's descendents. Images from this 1968 publication are to be available on-line, TBD. In 1996, John Mattox produced a hypertext data base from Merrill's 1968 Isely census. Here is the entry for Christian Isely and here is here is the index.
We plan to attempt to publish a complete census of descendents and an update of Family activities by the close of 2026, entitled, "Of-By-For-Ourselves: For the Grandchildren of the Grandchildren of the Grandchildren: 2026".
Generation 0 consists of Christian and Elise.
Their children are generation 1, their grandchildren are generation 2, etc.
Generation 1, the Children (C)
Generation 2, the Grandchildren (GC)
Generation 3, the Children of the Grandchildren (CGC)
Generation 4, the Grandchildren of the Grandchildren (GC2)
Generation 5, the Children of the Grandchildren of the Grandchildren (CGC2)
Generation 6, the Grandchildren of the Grandchildren of the Grandchildren (GC3)
For information on other Isely (Iseli) families, see the Erich Iseli's Geneology Web Site. We have also used a facebook group to connect: Isely Family Reunion - of-by-for-ourselves 21st century.