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)
Kenneth Isely
Caroline Isely
Alice Isely
Fred & Mary Isely
Bliss & Flora Isely
Merrill & Mildred Isely
Merrill & Mildred in Turkey
A 2007 visit to the site of
Christian and Elise's farm in Brown County Kansas
Mattox geneology (John Mattox's Father's Family)
Here are video records of the Kansas Iselys.
Wikitree offers a great way tob share geneology which we have begun to incorporate. Here are some of John's ancestors with Wikitree entrys.
There is also Isely information on Wikipedia, e.g., an entry for Philip Isely.
We use the Isely extended-family e-mail list-serve to communicate.
For information on other Isely (Iseli) families, see the Erich Iseli's Geneology Web Site.
We also have used a facebook group to connect: Isely Family Reunion - of-by-for-ourselves 21st century.