CAPRESTI: [Căpreşti-Sat, Căpreşti-Târg, Căpreşti, Kapreshty]

Alternate names:Căpreşti [Rom], Kapreshty [Rus], Kapresht [Yid], Căpreşti-Târg, Căpreşti-Sat, Capresti Colonie,Kapreschy, Kapreshti, קאפרעשט[Yiddish], Moldovan: Кэпрешть. . 47°45' N, 28°28' E. 29 miles SSE of Soroca (Soroki),10 miles SE of Floreşti. Russian: Капрешты. Jewish population: 866 (in 1897), 1,815 (in 1930).Capresti Map | Moldova Google Satellite Maps. part of Bessarabia before World War I, then in Romania post-WWI, next part of the Soviet Union after World War II,and now in Moldova.

• JewishGen Bessarabia SIG
• Kapresht ayaratenu - undzer shtetele Kapresht; sefer zikarocalarasin le-kehila yehudit bje-Bessarabia (Haifa, 1980)
• Leket shel divre bikoret ve-ha'arkhah be-'ikvut ha-sefer "Kapresht - 'ayaratenu" = Zamlung fun kritik un opshatsung in di shpurn fun bukh "Kapresht - undzer shtetl" (Haifa, 1981)
• Pinkas HaKehilot, Romania, Vol. 2 (1980), p. 399: "Capresti"
• Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 232: "Capresti".
• Shtetl Finder (1989), p. 33: "Kapreshti, Kapresht".
• KehilaLink: Patricia Klindienst <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
• JewishGen-erosity Project (1): Căpreşti, Moldova - Yizkor Book
• [UPDATE] Photos by Charles Burns [November 2017]

Jewish Cemetery:

• Photographs of Capresti Jewish Cemetery by Simon Rascovsky [October 2015]
• 88 records with 84 photographssent to JewishGen/JOWBR with overview, maps, photos, access to 20 photos of unknown graves at Capresti Cemetery Report and 20 photos of unknown graves.[December, 2015]