Anyone who was married in Scotland from 1855 should have a record.
You can search on one person's name or better the husband and at least the bride's first name, since you may not know her surname.
You can specify all of Scotland, a county or a county and up to 5* parishes in that county (or indeed 5 parishes from all of Scotland). This is useful for searching neighbouring parishes.
The couple may have married in a neighbouring parish. If you are not familiar with the area you can get some information on parishes in each county here
Sometimes they went to the next big town which may not be in the county of their residence so if you can't find them locally you can try a nearby city.
What information will you get?
The date and place of the marriage and the type of marriage. Note that, until recently, marriages in Scotland took place in the bride's home, that of her employer, or in the manse. Church weddings are more recent, 20th century on.
The name occupation age and status and address of the bride and groom.
The parents of both the bride and groom and the fathers' occupation and whether deceased or not.
The witnesses to the marriage. The celebrant and the date the marriage was registered. Note that a marriage in December may not be registered until the following year.
* multiple select by Control (ctrl) clicking on PC or Command (cmd) clicking on Mac
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