Fiona's Finding Service

Maybe you should try these first:

ScotlandsPeople online index to certificates for births (to 1913), marriages (to 1938), deaths (to 1963) and census returns from 1841 to 1911.
OriginSearch a genealogy search engine
FindMyPast marriages, censuses, burials, wills and apprenticings, etc.
Free BMD English birth, marriage and death records - nowhere near complete yet, but worth a try
National Records of Scotland contains many records other than BMD, including wills, marriage contracts, legal cases, sasines, land transfer registrations, Court, Church and Burgh records, etc.
National Library of Scotland contains many rare books, limited-edition family histories, etc.
Statistical Accounts what the country was like in the 1790s and 1830s
The Society of Genealogists includes index to their library (in London), includes all those indexed at EnglishOrigins.com
Latter Day Saints Family Search Database
Cyndi's List - find everything else here

and for beginners