Imessages gone

So last week I got an iMessage from my nephew and all was good. I have been using iMessaging for a few years now with no problems. Today I tapped the icon and it gave me an introductory screen, "Get Started". I've already started! What? So I sign in and ... no messages! What happened to all the messages that I had stored over the past five or so years that I have had this thing? Nothing there. Just a blank screen or create a message, those are my only options.
The other thing is that when I was hitting the iMessage icon to start, it would first pop up the message screen, with all my old interactions, for a fraction of a second before showing the "Get Started" screen. So they were all there a minute ago. Sign in and they are gone.
And, when I signed it, it asked which account I wanted to use, showing me @me.com, @icloud.com and @gmail.com
What?
I don't even know. When I got it I signed up for whatever the default account was, not sure if it was icloud or me, so I don't even know. They all work to sign in though. But where are my iMessages?

Try restoring from backup since Messages are in the backup.
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
Do not backup in present condition since it will overwrite the previous backup.
To help prevent the last backup from being overwritten and thus erasing the Messages from the last backup turn off autosyncing so that you have to overtly start a sync. To turn off go iTunes>Preferences>Devices and check the box that says "Prevent iPods...".

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“the EU is considered one country for warranty purposes“
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First off.
The "Sync" as Apple calls it is only "Display on all Devices" and nothing more.
Deleting it on one device will not delete it on another.
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If you "close" or remove the chat in the list in the Messages window (the x when you mouse over the name and pic) then the iMessage will "return" as an "Aid Memoire" to the previous conversation.
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The longest time I have experienced was using my iPhone on a hotel WiFi on a Friday evening away form home and picking up those same iMessage on Sunday evening when I turned my Mac on.
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However this only happens once. When the device has the iMessages the servers stop sending it.
This is to stop what you seem to describe - the endless attempt to delete the same iMessages.
It is more likely you are talking about the "history" feature.
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