How would can I transfer a deed into my name?

Get a lawyer to search the title and work with you on a "FAMILY TREE", determining who the heirs are that would need to sign a deed so you can get a 100% clear title. If he owned the property alone, the pecking order for inheritance is generaly this: 1. wife;  if no wife, then 2. children. If any children have died their children may have inherited the interest of their parent; if nobody in 1 or 2, then 3. Parents, and on it goes...