Thanks, Barb. I have done some searching in the Bklyn Eagle but could do more.  Not the NYT tho as it was a Bklyn transaction. The family never lived on the property. It was used as a small dairy farm. Have never seen a street address, just boundaries. The family lived nearby 'at the foot of Meserole Ave', later numbered as 162, until 1890 when Ann died.  When William died in 1895, the land passed to his two surviving daughters, one of whom was my great-grandmother. They immediately sold it to my great-grandfather for a nominal sum. Found that in the Bklyn Eagle.  I believe he then sold the land to buy a house in the new Brooklyn development of Homewood where they all lived til the sister married.Thanks, Virginia From: MizScarlettNY <mizscarlettny@aol.com>   Did you search the historical Brooklyn Eagle and historical New York Times for the real estate transaction? Thatwould be my first choice. Did your family ever live on the property and did it have a street address? If you have a street address, not a land parcel, it might be searched another way. Take care,Barb