[iPad] Saving iMessage Conversations?

I may need to delete an entire long conversation from iMessages and start again messaging the same person in order to solve a iMessaging problem I just posted about. Is there any way to save or record that conversation to somewhere before deleting it? (iPad 4, iOS 8.1.3)
Thanks,
Dick

Sent from my ô– iPad 4
iOS 8.1.3, 32 GB
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Richard E Johnson, ScM, MD, DABA
RECMSOJ@OnlineOK.com
recmsoj1@icloud.com



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