abandoned houses research

[Aimar Campbell]

hi all. i was driving around my neighborhood and found two abandoned houses that are in fairly decent shape. i wanted to research them to find out if i can do something with them. the owner of one house died, but he was a loner and i don't think he left a will. the second house looks like it was just abandoned by the owners recently. guess they walked out on mortgage. how would i research who owns the house so that i can contact them? i have the addresses of both. i tried to research county clerk but they only let you search by block/lot. thanks for any input.