GENUKI: Newbies Guide by Roy Stockdill

After purchasing a notebook and a paper system of recording ones researches
- especially in the ask the relatives and local archives stages which should come first

Next get organised and and get Family Tree Maker or any other newer program (which can export gedcom and make a web site) single CD in a flat pack or download for free.

SO the FIRST and BEST BUY

is the UK 1881 census on CD
see Barry Ruck FAQ

scroll down to
Question: Which Census are available on C.D. ROM ?

you get Scotland which is a pay per view site on line

once you have learned to make a full text search using Viewer 4.02
you may examine typos and spelling variations in the pick list

search for occupations

put in a piece number to review a piece as a whole

use it as a gazeteer down to street house and cottage names
and get the piece number to locate neighbouring landmarks like pubs and schools clearly visible on http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ and locate where your ancestors lived

put the coordinate into http://streetmap.co.uk/ to get a modern addess
put that into http://multimap.com/ will show an aerial photograph

UK 1881 census on CD is a must have
after that I think online subscriptions are better value

then you, or your agent, must start on other secondary sources
like the great libraries SoG London and the Family History Library Salt Lake city or its local barnches and Family History Societies

Finally primary sources The National Archives and the County Record Offices looking at the stuff which has not been filmed or put on line

basics http://www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html
GENUKI: Newbies' Guide to English Genealogy and Family History by Roy Stockdill

or my own

UK 1881 census on CD is a must have
you may refer to it again and again.

All of which suggests getting the Danish censuses on CD might be a good idea for anyone seriously researching danish ancestors too.