Hello Ben, Scotland is a really well resourced place to trace your family tree. There is a feature about tracing your Scottish ancestry on the scotlandinaweek website. ScotlandsPeopleCentre is another key word for you to follow up. You can do a lot of this on line, but if you do visit Scotland, then Edinburgh's Register House (where ScotlandsPeopleCentre is based) might be a good starting point. But you must have this starting point. Which part of Scotland were your people from? What family stories have been handed down? And so on. Good luck with your search. If you need help on the ground when you get here, then see www.johannacampbell.co.uk - she is a knowledgeable Scottish guide.